Listening to the radio the other day, I heard an advertisement with a girl proclaiming that this particular station, "Fits my lifestyle." That's always what we're looking for. Diets, shoes, friends, furniture, & radio stations are all designed to fit your lifestyle. We like to do the same thing with our religion. Postmodernism tells us that whatever we believe is truth. Society tells us that if it works for us, it's okay. Even under the umbrella of Christianity, there are infinite denominations designed to fit our lifestyles. The bible is clearly against the "all paths to God" view in Ephesians 4 by saying,
"There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call- one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
We spend so much time trying to make God and his word fit our lifestyles. We try to make the Bible a practical guide for living that we can twist or redefine to make it mean whatever we want. But that's just not the case. There is nothing practical about carrying our cross to glorify our Creator every day. The Bible does not fit the human lifestyle. So, why do we try so hard to make it fit? Why are we so determined to bring the Bible down to our level? As Isaiah 55 says, "...my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Instead, let us try to make our lifestyles fit the bible. Romans 12:2 says,
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable, and perfect."
Don't conform to the postmodern world by trying to make Christianity fit your way of life, because it won't. Rather we should be making our lives parallel the perfect word, because that's what our God has called us to do.
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