Changed by God!

For Wednesday, January 18, 2023:

Romans 12:2 NIV: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

A lot of popular culture is rebellion against God. As humans, we want to fit in, we want to be a part of things, but the writer is urging caution. It is far better to fit in with God than to fit in with the world.

God will willingly transform your mind and your thinking. God will renew your mind to his specifications, to his way. There are immense benefits to this huge change, this radical transformation, this metamorphosis. Just as a beautiful butterfly emerges from a cocoon a totally transformed being from the one that built the cocoon, so is the Christian a changed person, no longer recognizable as the one who previously conformed to the world.

With your spiritual eyes opened, you can see, test and approve of God’s purpose for you. God’s plan for you is always good and pleasing, so rejoice! If you ask for bread, do you think your Father would bring you a stone? He will not!

You’ll find God’s will for you is always perfect!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship