Change the way you think

I was reading in my bible yesterday and found a verse that has really challenged me.

Leviticus 5:1 says :if you sin by not stepping up and offering yourself as a witness to something you've heard or seen in cases of wrong doing, you'll be held responsible.

Don't we as humans use the excuse that "I'm only human" when we do things wrong? We think that because we are flawed and we fall short, that it almost gives us the excuse to do things wrong? Now, this isn't all the time or with everyone, but I think a lot of people can agree with me that we fight for reasons to avoid feeling guilty. so when my friend said this to me tonight..it almost made my heart hurt for God.

How do we make Him feel when we aren't even willing to try and go that extra step for Him? How do we make Him feel when we don't even think what we are saying, or doing, or thinking, is wrong? Why AREN'T we willing to go to that extreme?

It boggles me that, when we KNOW, the things God can do...we STILL aren't willing to try and change.

Romans 12:2 says "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
We HAVE to change the way we think.
WE HAVE TO.

If we don't change the way we think...if we don't 'renew our minds' we will continue to find ourselves in the same situations feeling like we just aren't willing to go any further. We are responsible for the things we say...but we also are responsible for the things we DON'T say and SHOULD have said.

Start changing the way you think---The closer we get to God, the more what HE wants becomes what WE want.
Isn't that the best place to be?