Transformation

It is ok to be an original. No one else has a thumbprint like you. God made you to HIS perfection, so it’s ok if you aren’t like everyone else. J

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The behaviors and customs of this world can so easily “bleed over” into the church. Don’t be a copycat. What Christ did on the Cross at Calvary was meant for our transformation, not merely conformation. God has transformed—He has made a thorough and dramatic change in your form, character, and appearance—by breathing life into you, by the work of the cross, and by the renewing of your mind.  Being a Christian means He’s changed the way you think. It is through that renewing that we then can learn to know God’s will for our individual lives. His will is good, pleasing, and perfect. Always.   

Here is what we should do, God helping us:
We need to take every day, ordinary life—sleeping, eating, going-to-work, exercising, walking around life, each daily task we do—and place it before God as an offering. We need to embrace what God does for us and use it to the best of our ability for HIM. We don’t need to become so well-adjusted to this culture that we fit into it without a thought. But, instead, we need to fix our attention on our Heavenly Father. Get a daily fix. 
     
Be willing to be changed from the inside out—by your LORD. Respond to Him. Readily recognize and accept what he wants from you. What He wants for you may not be the same as what He wants for someone else. You are His child and He is your Father. He knows what’s best for you. 

This world is always trying to drag us down to its level of immaturity, but God brings the best out in us. He develops well-formed maturity in each one of us…as long as we let Him. Often times this transformation come through trial. 
  
Don’t just Conform, Be Transformed. 

It always seems to work better when we are transformed rather than when we are just conforming. When one conforms [to any “higher power”] one easily gets disgruntled and tired, but tranformation brings life and energy into a life. 
  

After trying so hard to conform to the standards and tastes of others, I began to see I am a one-of-a-kind work of art, unlike anyone else who has ever lived or ever will. –Kathy Peel