Transformation

“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. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”  Romans 12:2 

I believe this scripture is the first page a person who has been born again needs to open. To the man that hasn't accepted Christ , we say "you must be born again". To the man that is born again , we say "you must renew your mind". 

Every person has a philosophy they live by which they got from their environment while growing up , their parents , their friends , TV shows , movies, music , print media and many other sources of information. All this information is endeavoring to shape us into different people. 

What we see and hear has the power to shape our thinking and in the end form the course of our life. 

A philosophy is just the way you view life and this shows up in your decisions, language and your response to situations. However , the bible is advising is NOT TO BE CONFORMED to the patterns of this world but to BE TRANSFORMED. 

Apostle Paul makes it clear how we will be changed; by changing the way we think. You can leave where you are today by changing the way you think. You will have the future you will have by the way you think. This means the way I think shapes my life. Sometimes people get a wrong thinking and get to that place where they are not ashamed to display it and I wonder why they allow themselves to be shaped by the devil instead of our loving Father. But as the children of God, we are different. 

I made up my mind that I was going to live by the bible. I will build my family on the principles of God's word. I have studied the lives of man who have refused the word and their end is never pleasing. The bible let's us know that there is a way that seems right to man but in the end it leads to destruction(Proverbs 14:12). Look at life from the end, don't be shortsighted ;the word says the end of a thing is better than its beginning(Eccl 7:8).   

God is the creator of the world and He let us know the way to follow. Jesus says He is the truth, anything outside Him is a lie. Paul says something amazing : 

“In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

Colossians 2:3

All that you need to know about your life is hidden in Christ. Remember : all that you need to know about your life is what God already knows. God's word is the mirror of His thoughts towards us. Look at this again : 

“Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.”

Colossians 2:8-9

Make up your mind today to be a student of the word. Many people are willing to study everything else except the blueprint of their lives; the message that God uses to change them into a new, successful, unstoppable person. Don't be like that. Allow God to transform you by changing the way you think , then you will be able to know God's will for you. 

Remember: you are the righteousness of God