Last night “Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back” was on. I haven’t seen it in years. So, I spent the night vegging in front of the TV. It was great! Although now I want to see all of them again. Anyways, while Luke is training to be a Jedi Yoda is sharing his knowledge with him and something he said jumped at me. Actually, several things did but I’m going to only hit one for now. (The eerie tease of a series)
While Luke is training he continuely fails and says, “I can’t”. But Yoda continues to teach and he says something very profound. “You must unlearn what you have learned.” Wow! How true is that? So many believers fail time and time again and they feel like they just can’t do it. Whatever ‘it’ might be; overcoming sin, stopping thoughts, letting go of the past, seeing themselves as God does, you fill in the blank. The point is from the time we are born we are being taught. But when we become a believer in Jesus we find ourselves in Luke’s shoes. We are trying to live a new way of living through the eyes of our old one. Check this out:
Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
We must learn to unlearn what we have learned. This happens as we meditate on God’s Word. The more we spend in God’s presence, the more we learn to think like God, the less we think according to the world. And the pay off is pretty nice. Finish verse 2, “Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Want to know what God’s will in your life is? Start unlearning what you have learned. That Yoda guy’s pretty smart.
later…
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