I was challenged this past month by a youth pastor to always have my spiritual antenna up. What I mean is, throughout my day, to always be asking The Lord what He wants to teach me. God is in the process of conforming His children into the image of Christ. In this process, our character is always being refined so that we would have the blameless, perfect character of Jesus. If we are daily asking the Lord to teach us, He will show us things about ourself that we otherwise would miss.
The past month I have seen a few things in myself that The Lord needs to work on. It is a humbling experience, being shown our imperfections, but it brings us closer to God.
God is always working on our character. We can make it easier by asking Him to open our eyes to our spiritual needs, or we can be the stubborn, selfish humans we naturally are and try and do it ourselves. I encourage you keep your spiritual antenna up and ask the Lord to teach you, mold you, and use you. You will be amazed at what He does!
JN
