I heard about a story about a man whose wife wanted to buy a pet monkey.  The husband protested strongly.  He said, “Where will the monkey eat?”  She said, “He’ll eat at the table with us.”  He said, “But what will he eat?”  And she said, “He’ll eat the same thing we do.”  He said, “But where will the monkey sleep?”  She said, “He’ll sleep in bed with us.”  He said, “But what about the smell?”  She said, “I got used to you, I reckon he will, too.”

So often when we think about the need for change, we are quick to think of ways that somebody else needs to change.  We are much more hesitant to recognize that there are problems in our own life that need to be dealt with.  But Christianity is a growing process, a process by which we are constantly looking for those things that need to be changed and improved, and then taking steps to do just that.

I think there are three areas that we need to focus on — we need to KNOW the will of God better, we need to DO more of the work of Christ, and we need to BECOME more like Christ.

Knowing, doing and becoming — I really think those are the three pillars of the Christian life.  I believe that’s what Christianity is all about.

“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:9-10).

Do you see the ideas of knowing, doing and becoming in Paul’s prayer for the Colossians.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith