Ephesians 4: 17 – 24
Imagine what Dragon skin would look like. Wouldn’t it be tough, hard, scaly, and pretty thick? It would probably be ugly, dark colored, with all kinds of lumps and bumps, and it would be hard to penetrate.
At least that’s how I imagine it would be like.
What would Dragon skin look like to you?
About this time I imagine you’re asking yourself; “What the heck is he talkin’ about”?
Ow!
Remember what you were like before you came to know the love of Christ, how you looked spiritually, or how you were seen by other people?
Nnnnn!
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
Ouch!
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Arrrgh… that stings!
In the fifth Chronicle of Narnia, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Edmund, Lucy, and their spoiled cousin Eustace are summoned to help on a quest in the Eastern Sea. Along the way, Eustace is tempted by enchanted treasure and turned into a dragon. The desperate dragon accepts the help of the great lion Aslan, king of Narnia. But Eustace can only be freed by allowing Aslan’s claws to painfully tear off the dragon’s flesh.
Dragon skin, we all have it, we’ve worn it for years, and it has become comfortable. Yet, we know that we must rid ourselves of it. And, it’s going to hurt getting out of that skin we’re in.
Trust Jesus. Let the pain be a lesson to not turn back because it will only hurt worse the next time.
Imagine what Dragon skin would look like. Wouldn’t it be tough, hard, scaly, and pretty thick? It would probably be ugly, dark colored, with all kinds of lumps and bumps, and it would be hard to penetrate.
At least that’s how I imagine it would be like.
What would Dragon skin look like to you?
About this time I imagine you’re asking yourself; “What the heck is he talkin’ about”?
Ow!
Remember what you were like before you came to know the love of Christ, how you looked spiritually, or how you were seen by other people?
Nnnnn!
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
Ouch!
22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Arrrgh… that stings!
In the fifth Chronicle of Narnia, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Edmund, Lucy, and their spoiled cousin Eustace are summoned to help on a quest in the Eastern Sea. Along the way, Eustace is tempted by enchanted treasure and turned into a dragon. The desperate dragon accepts the help of the great lion Aslan, king of Narnia. But Eustace can only be freed by allowing Aslan’s claws to painfully tear off the dragon’s flesh.
Dragon skin, we all have it, we’ve worn it for years, and it has become comfortable. Yet, we know that we must rid ourselves of it. And, it’s going to hurt getting out of that skin we’re in.
Trust Jesus. Let the pain be a lesson to not turn back because it will only hurt worse the next time.
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