I Peter 1:14 NKJV
“as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;”
I Peter 1:14 NKJV
Obedient children means children who know God’s promises and live their lives following Him.
These are the children who conformed themselves from the inside out with the power and truth of God.
To be conformed is to let what we believe change our minds. God has given us the ingredients and the resources and our part is to yield to the Master's hand.
We are to bring our minds and hearts to the truth that sets us free. It is our responsibility to search the scriptures for the truth.
If we don’t have the truth of God and His word or if we don’t know who we have become through Christ our Lord, it would simply mean we are conforming ourselves to the world and its ways.
It is either we are being conformed to the world or being conformed to God.
When the truth is revealed through His promises, ignorance disappears and the process of conforming to God’s image begins.
Therefore, our minds are enlightened with the knowledge of God. We don’t let anything else steal away the enlightenment of God’s truth.
Who do we entertain?
Do we entertain a robber to linger in our houses, surely not!
Then we should not be entertaining all the lies, philosophies, and ideas of the world.
We should be conforming our hearts and minds to what Christ Jesus established for us.
We become obedient to God when truth shines into our lives and illuminates our minds.
Let us keep illuminating our hearts and minds with the truth of God’s word.
Blessings
Ps Ambrose