Ephesians 5:26-12 "26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.…"
I heard the story this morning from someone on a video, of the elephant who is being trained to stay near his trainer.
The way the trainer did this was to place a chain around the leg of the elephant so that he felt tethered to the trainer. The chain was on long enough that the elephant felt deeply connected to the trainer, so much so that when the chain was removed the elephant remained with the trainer even without the chain on his leg.
Then there is the story of the shepherd who had a lamb who would wander off all the time. The solution for this wandering lamb was for the shepherd to break the legs of the lamb and carry the little guy on his shoulders all the time until the lamb healed. After healing, the lamb would never leave the protective side of the shepherd even though it was the shepherd who broke his legs in the first place.
I am convinced these are life lessons from which we can glean some wisdom.
When we spend a lot of time with controlling people we eventually give up our personalities and convictions to keep the controlling people happy, thereby becoming just like the controller. Accepting their ways and even acting the way they do.
God made it clear that we ought to surround ourselves with those who desire the same thing we do, that is to walk with Christ in truth. Otherwise we will find ourselves giving up our convictions at least to some extent, to be accepted by those who care nothing about our conviction or the Word of God. And worst of all we might find ourselves giving up God's truth.
If we are deeply connected to Christ through prayer and Scripture reading, it is unlikely that we will become like people. We will be thinking with the mind of Christ while acquiring the strength from Him and His Word no matter what comes against us.
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