To belong to the Lord Jesus Christ will demand a completely different approach to your life. If you want to be first, you must take the lowly place. If you want to be a leader, you must find a way to humbly serve. Those who belong to him will seek out people who can do nothing in exchange for them. They will serve them, sacrifice for them – all for the sake of Christ.

Struggling Christian, come to the Lord and confess your doubts. Admit your weakness; be honest in your desperate need and you will find the strength of God. You may be wondering whether your weak and flagging faith is enough, but little is much when you bring it to the Lord. He won’t extinguish a smouldering wick or break a bruised reed.

Metamorphosis and change is right at the heart of the Christian life. We are changed and are being changed, and on the last day we will be fully changed. The gospel tells us that we are not fatalistically determined to continue in the same destructive patterns of brokenness that we may find ourselves in today.