What shall we do?

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. 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.  Romans 12:1-2

    What is important about your opinion?  Or for that matter the opinion of others?  In the grand scheme of things I believe each of us know that our opinions are much like our noses...they don't have any value to others...we all have opinions...and they are all like noses...not very useful to others.
   I think you get it if you see that our opinions don't really matter to any one else.  But do they?  Yes they do...they matter to God.  You see God wants us to worship Him in everything that we do, think, and say.  He says in the verse above to give our entire bodies over to the distinct pleasure of Himself, the spiritual act of worship.  How can a worshipping believer listen to the the world?  How can a worshipping believer listen to his/her own opinion? How can a worshipping believer be focused on anything but God?

  Why should we do this...have this mind set...lead this type of existence?  It is simply because He wants us to be conformed to Him and not to this world.  He wants us to look like Him...not this world.  He wants us to know His good, pleasing, and perfect will...not the will of this world.  He wants all of us...100% of our physical and spiritual selves...to be totally focused on Him...not anything else in this world.  He wants our minds to be transformed and renewed daily by feeding on His Word!  Why? Why? Why?

  To know His will...His good, pleasing and perfect Will!  So how do you do this?

  Paul writes to the Thessalonians...chapter 5 verses 16-18: "Rejoice always; Pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

   Very simple...so in order to be in God's will and to know God's will, and to experience God's will for us we need to be totally transfixed on Him...24/7.  Pray without ceasing...in other words, "Pray constantly"!

   May you be blessed by God, because you have been transformed and are living a transformed life!