The kingdom of God needs built people. People who spend intentional time
building their lives to walk with God through challenges and pressures
of life. We aren’t supposed to be shaped by media, trends, or popular
opinions. God wants to build us to have a greater impact in this world.
There is an inner and an outer anointing on your life. The outer
represents your talents, skills, gifts and abilities. But the inner
anointing is character and integrity. Those spiritual disciplines and
habits that shape our lives. Those things you do beyond a Sunday
service.
Q: Do you spend time building your life in Christ outside of a Sunday?
How?
We don’t need spiritual ‘highs’ alone. We also need spiritual
consistency. Being built Christian’s means having some spiritual
consistency in our everyday life.
God is building you for the many years ahead of you, not just today! So
how is God wanting us to be built:
1️⃣ Be built different
When we are built different we aren’t built by this culture norms. What
builds us is the faithfulness of God. It’s his Word that shapes us and
his Spirit that leads our lives.
In Mark 14:3 we see that Mary pours our a very expensive perfume on
Jesus. She was fully invested in giving her life to Jesus. She took the
step to do what no one in the room was willing to do.
[Reflect and consider the last time you changed your schedule or
inconvenienced your own plans for God. ]
2️⃣ Be built devoted
We need to have an eternal longing to remain devoted to God and his call
on our lives. Devotion is proven when no one is watching. In Mark 14:3
we see the devotion of Mary that brought her into the presence of Jesus.
Her faithfulness wasn’t limited by the customs of the day. She was
fully devoted to bringing her best to Jesus. It’s never a waste to be
excessive in our devotion to God!
Q: Why do you think it is so important that we live with a greater
devotion to God in this day and age?
3️⃣ Be built dangerous
There is too much working against the Kingdom of God for us to be timid.
We need to be ‘dangerous’ and effective for the kingdom of God! Mary
broke the jar of perfume in the house of Simon the Leper, which would
have brought a new smell into the house.
[ Ask yourself what your “breaking” is bringing. Do your decisions bring
you closer to Jesus?]
When we live dangerously there is an aroma of power to our lives and
our decisions. The love of God is a fragrance that can bring new life to
each of us! Let’s be built Christian’s.
