Being and Doing
The question of today is not what then shall we do but, as always, who then shall we be? (Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship)
Colson was alluding to Francis Schaeffer’s How Should We Then Live? Schaeffer encouraged Christians to live out their faith as a witness to a declining civilization. Colson goes to the heart of the matter, suggesting that what we are is the basis for what we do. Out of the depth of our transformed heart and mind come the actions that can be a positive influence for good.
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. (Romans 12:2)