What the heck does that mean? Everything we use comes in a limited supply, and over time we run out. We understand this, and know that nothing we have lasts forever. A sustainable resource is one that has just that – it has the ability to sustain – or in other words to keep going on its own.
When it comes to anything new, if it is not sustainable, it simply just becomes old. We are constantly trying and doing new things with the hope of changing the way things are…and then thinking maybe this time the “new” will stay. I believe a lot of this comes from a culture that insists more is better, and that one can never really have “enough”.
Realistically, there is nothing sustainable in this world. The second law of thermodynamics states clearly that everything is in a state of decay (entropy is the scientific word if you want to know). So then it might seem somewhat hopeless…Au contraire mon ami!!! Hopeless only if you were to bet that this world is all there is… Only God could possibly solve this dilemma.
“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 12:2 (NIV)
How about that? Instead of investing in things that will not last…things that we think we need or want that really will only become old, we can be transformed…interested? The by-product of this transformation is eternal life with Jesus, and that is the only new that lasts.
What will it be: A life of seeking anything new to help us feel new for some period of time, or a life transformed by the renewing of our minds that promises we can and will live on with Jesus after everything we know has gone away…well?
…just sayin’
In His Grip,
Pastor Pat
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