Before my husband and I travel, we go to the bank and trade in our US dollars for the currency of the country we’ll be visiting. We do this so we can pay for expenses while we’re away from home.
When we become Christians, another kind of exchange takes place. Our
lives are like currency that we convert from one medium to another. We
trade our old life for a new one so that we can begin “spending”
ourselves in a different kingdom. Instead of spending ourselves for the
causes of this world, we are able to start spending ourselves for the
cause of Christ.
The apostle Paul is a good example of this difference. After his
dramatic conversion on the way to Damascus (Acts 9), he began spending
his life in a dramatically different way. Instead of pursuing Christians
to imprison and kill them, he began pursuing non-Christians to convert
them. Then he spent the rest of his life for their welfare. He wrote to
the church at Corinth, “I will very gladly spend and be spent for your
souls” (2 Cor. 12:15). Everything he did was for the edification of his
spiritual children (vv.14,19).
Conversion is far more than just changing our final destination. It’s changing the way we spend each day of our lives.
Lord, help me to spend myself on what will last,
not on what will fade away one day.
I give my life to You that I might spend and be spent
for others and Your will. Amen.
not on what will fade away one day.
I give my life to You that I might spend and be spent
for others and Your will. Amen.
Conversion takes only a moment—transformation takes a lifetime.
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