Transformation

It's been two years since I underwent the biggest physical transformation of my life. But the reason it was so pivotal to me, is that it was much deeper than just weight loss.

We spend countless hours and dollars in the process of transforming ourselves. We have a clear picture of who we want to be, but we often stop short of the key to lasting change.

Many of us have found time and time again our activities only change temporarily, and we cycle back to where we started. This is because we need to be transformed in our thinking and vision if we desire to have a lasting positive change in our lives.

So how do we transform internally? The world has a number of different solutions for this, and inevitably they all seem to focus on self. "The more you focus on yourself the more you will be transformed."

But this is counter to Christian thinking. Scripture tells us that we should be transformed by the renewing of our mind, which comes through the Word of God, by way of the Holy Spirit. We are transformed when we get our eyes OFF ourselves, and fix them on God.

However, I think so many of us are scared to approach God to ask him who we are, because we have this impression that he is an angry and spiteful God who wants to punish us. And that couldn't be farther from the truth of the God of the Bible.

The Bible reveals to us a God who is incredibly patient and merciful. A God who created each one of us knowing that we would rebel against him and potentially spend our entire lives ignoring him. It is not that we are worthy of his love and grace, but that he deems us worth it - to the point of dying for us!

When Christ came and died for us, it was with full understanding that we may never appreciate what he did, or show any measure of love back to him. But God doesn't love us because we love him, he loves us because he IS love!

The truth is that you have value and worth, your life is precious and you are loved. Whether you have people in your world that communicate that to you or not, that is biblical truth. You have a heavenly Father who desires to speak blessings over you and bring you a joy that exceeds any possession or relationship available on earth.

You are not a failure, you are not a disappointment, because the one who created you knew your future before you were ever born, and he chose you still!

It is when we understand this truth, that it's not because of how well we have performed in the past, but because of who created us that we should. When we grasp that, we are to make lasting changes in our life, because we understand that we are worth caring about, we are worth helping and worth pursuing.

It's your choice whether to believe that transforming truth, or not.