This passage calls out something I often catch myself doing—keeping parts of my life off-limits to God. I’ll hand Him the areas that feel easy to spiritualize but keep a tight grip on the ones that feel too personal or complicated. It’s easy to treat faith like a drawer we open on Sundays rather than the framework that shapes everything.
Paul urges us to live differently—not through momentary religious acts, but by offering our entire lives to God. Every thought, decision, relationship, and habit becomes part of our worship, not out of guilt but in response to mercy.
He also warns us how easy it is to drift into the world’s mold without realizing it. I’ve felt that pull—the pressure to perform, the need to be constantly busy, the idea that my value is something I have to prove. But transformation begins when I invite God to reshape my thinking. That happens as I sit with His Word, quiet the noise, and let truth interrupt lies.
Today, ask yourself: what areas of my life have I kept separate from God? And what would it look like to let Him into all of it—not just the “spiritual” parts, but the ordinary, messy, everyday moments too?