Heart of a Discipled Disciple (Romans 12:14-21)

Paul presses on in Romans 12 to ask us to go even deeper in our love, even love for our enemies, the poor and the outcast. This, for many, is so difficult, especially those who struggle with unforgiveness or feelings of status, and that being around those of low stature would bring shame to them. We must learn to reflect the heart of our God, becoming children of our Father, and so Paul would call us into this great love, and the way in which we could do it is not by a constant pass and fail understanding of living up to God’s standards, but through renewing our minds, filling our hearts with good and godly things, and seeing that over the long term, we are becoming more and more like the heart of God. Once we understand this, there is so much pressure that is off, and so much freedom to make the right decisions to foster our hearts that is pleasing to the Lord.