To become something else...

More often than not, when we want something we will usually go to whatever means it takes to get thing. This is of course considering how badly that we want it. Just think about the modern world, and or America that we live in. It's the American dream. Shoot for the stars, make lots of money, buy lots of things, have lots of debt. It's the way we live all for this to be in pursuit of some kind of happiness, some sort of adventure and grandeur. Our focus should be somewhere else.
In a movie about a good friend of mine,(Bruce Wayne, know him from some club)anyway, there is a statement made by his mentor that goes something like this, "To follow is one thing, but to devote your self entirely to a principle...then you become something else." What does it really mean to devote yourself so much to something that you change, transform, take your self to a different level in every aspect of being? What exactly does that take? This is what we have been called to do as disciples of Christ. He wants us to not focus on other things but only, and completely on Him. Just as was said, "Seek first the kingdom of God and all other things will be added to you." We are to look to him and devote ourselves to him.
In the times of ancient Japan, the samurai woke up in the morning and for the entire day devoted themselves to whatever it was that they did. They did this everyday of their lives from sun up to sun down. They trained and the taught and they served. They devoted themselves entirely to a group of principles called the Bushido. Is not our calling for warriors of God's army that much more important? We are expected to serve with the utmost intensity and truly seek out everything there is to know about Him.
God loves to bless his children, but he really wants someone to look past the spiritual gifts and blessings and really week Him. He wants to know us in a very personal and intimate way. When we will truly seek his face not just his hands and what he can do for us we will learn things about God and ourselves that we didn't know about.
When we decide to lay down all other things of this world and realize that the truth of the matter is that they don't matter. If we will seek God personally, and chase him and pursue him and devote ourselves to finding more and more of him then we, will become something else. We will become the warriors and servants that we were meant to become. Like Paul, Peter, and Timothy, the Spirit of God was with them in such a way that people could see it and sense it and the demons were totally horrified of them, because the power of the blood of Christ was upon them. They spoke more bodly than anyone in the bible before, second only to Christ himself.
We are to be transformed by the renewing of our spirits in the power of Christ. Give into him and truly seek everything about Him. Not just the "toys" that he gives us, seek God himself. It's going to be exciting. Stay strong and fight hard. Devote yourself and become something else. See you in the clouds...