These very stones...

Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. (Luke 3:8 NLT)

This verse right here is one of the keys I believe to overcoming the mundane. Everyday we have an opportunity to prove 'by the way we live' that we belong to God. And how do we know that we are children of God? Through repentance and turning to God. That simple but often misunderstood word, repentance. To daily repent of my sins is an absolute in overcoming and living the abundant life. Daily turning back to God when I have strayed however normal it may seem. For it is ordinary to stray from the Father, but it takes the extraordinary to repent and return to the Father. As we see in this verse it is not enough of a qualification to 'be a child of Abraham'. They assumed that their birthright was an automatic ticket to sonship. Somehow we forget that we desperately need to be regenerated and reconciled. The very reason for the cross after all. We are sinners that need our heart of stone replaced with a heart of flesh. We must not forget that because of the blood of Christ alone we are now true children of Abraham. There is no other thing that qualifies, justifies, sanctifies, or reconciles us but the blood of Jesus.