1 Sam 10:6 -The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power...and you will be changed into a different person.
With the advent of technology we have all learned a new word: upgrade. Technology is always evolving and is not ever complete... there is always a bug to fix, an additional feature needed, or a new version that's faster or better. We have learned to live for the upgrade - looking for the next version of our I-phone, the newest release of car model, the better coffee maker. Upgrades are a part of life, and even when we buy something we know it will be outdated soon.
So many people approach their spiritual life the same. They don't want to make a radical change in their lives - they want to simply upgrade a portion of it. Wives want their husbands to go to church so it will upgrade their marriage, people look to God for the fixes they need in order to have better lives, more money, improved happiness. We don't want everything changed - just the few areas of problems and bugs.
But God is not interested in a version upgrade of our lives, he wants to transform us into a whole new product. He didn't send Jesus to the cross to make our lives 10% better - He wanted to do something in our lives that radically changed us from the temporary to the eternal. He wanted to replace our spirit with a totally transforming new Spirit.
When we live for the upgrade, we're still trying to be lord of our lives. But when we pursue transformation, God takes control and changes us completely.
Saul's change was radical - the least of Israel changed into the king of Israel. Yet instead of embracing the transformation, he later returns back to the upgrade mentality - swapping out the Spirit of God for his own controlling spirit again. Don't live for the upgrade any longer - seek the total transformation! It will last forever...
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