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Inside, you're perfect—born
again in the image of Jesus Himself. But outwardly do you find yourself
falling frustratingly short of that perfection? Is there a solution?
Yes! The secret lies in "the renewing of your mind."
Romans 12:2 tells us that, if you'll renew your mind, you can actually be "transformed." That word transformed is translated from the Greek word from which we get the term metamorphosis. It's used in Scripture in two other places.
One of those places is when Jesus was transfigured on
the Mount as He spoke with Moses and Elijah. The other is found in 2
Corinthians 3:18. It says, "But we all, with open face beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
Changed, transformed, transfigured!
Those are powerful, exciting words, and they describe what will happen
to you as you spend time beholding the Lord in the Word and in prayer.
As you spend time renewing your mind, your outer being will be
transformed in much the same way as a caterpillar is changed into a
butterfly. Instead of conforming to the image of the world, you'll begin
to conform to the image of the reborn spirit within you which is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
Take time to get away
from the world and study God's Word. Meditate on it and let it change
you from the inside out. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind and
release the beautiful spiritual butterfly that's living in you!
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