Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold,
the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
God
loves you just the way you are. He loves
you completely and unconditionally, but He loves you too much to let you stay the
way you are. He wants to help you grow,
and become more like Jesus. Transformation
is not an event but a process. Salvation
changes your soul while transformation changes your life. The process doesn’t end with our baptism, it
begins there with a fresh start and a new life.
Transformation is an ongoing
process that will never end for us completely until our ultimate transformation
in Heaven. But as we go through this
life and grow in our relationship with God, He changes us each and every step
along the way.
It is easy to get overwhelmed when we don’t know where
to start or how to do something we need or want to do. This is especially true of a significant
undertaking – like transforming our lives from the inside out! Being conformed or transformed is a passive
experience, meaning it happens to us,
not by us. Thank goodness God is in the business of
transformation and He knows what He is doing.
We have to be willing for Him to be able to work, but if we are willing,
He does the work in us, and it is only
in His power that we can be transformed.
His power breaks the chains sin, doubt, shame, regret and everything
that can keep us from being transformed.
The more we allow God’s Spirit to empower us, the more He grows positive
character in our lives to replace our bad habits and that’s when transformation
happens!
Submit your life to God now and allow Him to transform
you into everything He has planned for you.
Let Him do the work and be amazed at all He can restore in your life and
the change that happens in His power.
Scripture to Claim:
And
we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this
comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
