Thoughts

Romans 12:2 "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."

This verse was in my devotional last night and it just struck me. I guess there is so much I don't know about what the bible says, but each verse becomes more and more real to me as I read it.

I have talked so much about changing who I am, about me either living in the positive or the negative, but when I allow God to change me, I allow Him to transform me. Just as the above verse talks about do not be conformed, fashioned by the world, but be transformed, changed by God. I can not change myself, but God can change me.

It is about dying to my ways and allowing Gods way. It takes faith and trust to surrender all that I am to God. When I try to do it on my own, the ship crashes and the storms seem to be inescapable, but with God it is no longer looking at the waves, but trusting that He will bring me through. It can't be about the storm, it must be about God.

If I try to change everything at once, it will seem too much, but each day be thankful for one thing and say something nice. It will become easier and easier, but I have to allow God to transform me, but by making the choice to change I am allowing Him to renew me, not just once, but every day. There will be hard days, but God will carry me through, there will be days when I don't want to, but God said His good, pleasing and perfect will, not mine, but His.

Who is life about? When we live with the motto, more of God and less of me, then living in the truth of what Romans 12:2 talks about can become more and more real.