I’m doing a new devotional about pursuing spiritual transformation. Honestly, when I saw the title I thought this might be a little too much for me. But, after reading and digesting session one it isn’t as scary.

I’ve learned that being “spiritual” does not mean being a perfect little Christian. All the external stuff isn’t relevant. Its about embracing that living your life without Jesus will get you no where. You should aspire to live like Jesus would (1 John 2:6, Colossians 3:17). Hence the term WWJD (what would Jesus do?) now makes complete sense. And the two things he wants us to do whole heartedly is to love God and love our neighbor as our self (Mark 12:28-34). I also learned that God doesn’t want to just be a part of your spiritual life, he wants to be a part of your life, every little nook and cranny. He isn’t interested in your spiritual shallowness and obsession with the external. All he wants is for you to love him and to love his people. This first session really gave me a sense of freedom. To stop believing in what the world believes a “Christian” should be like but believe in the one person who chose to love me unconditionally. The one verse that really stuck to me was John 15:16-17-“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.” I want to take away from this session that I need to ask more WWJD questions and live my life like Jesus would. I’m excited for what session two will be about, til then.