Transformation...interested?

All the promises of God in the Old Testament and New Testament are Yes! (you many have it) and Amen! (let it be so) in Christ Jesus.  Every time you see a promise of God, you may obtain it through Jesus Christ.  There is one particular promise that you will be ecstatic to receive.  He promises that we would be transformed and made to be more like Jesus by a singularly, easy process.

It doesn't cost any money, you don't have to go to college - it is yours for the receiving.

That doesn't mean it won't take effort on your part, but the effort you expend is not grievous and results in HUGE benefits to you.

"Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."  Romans 12:2.  Renewing means bringing in a fresh supply of truth.  Your "mind" includes your thoughts, your thinking processes and the resulting words of your mouth.  The transformation is you becoming who you are meant to be.

Did you know the word for "transformed" (the process that happens to you) is the EXACT same word used in Matt. 17:2 and Mark 9:2 "transfigured" where Christ was transfigured?  Peter, James and John got to see Jesus as He truly is.  Light. Glory shining from His earthen vessel.  They heard His gracious words and saw the authority He carried.  Even being above Moses/Law and Elijah/Prophets.  The three disciples also heard Father say, "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased, hear you Him."

In the same way, when you are transformed, people will see the likeness of Christ in you.  They will hear your grace-filled words.  YOU will sense the love Father has for you and how well pleasing this transformation of you is in His sight.  The humans and the kingdom of darkness will see the results of you using the authority given to you by Christ Himself.  Christ says to us in Luke 10:19, "Behold I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means harm you."  And in Luke 10:17 and again in Luke 10:20, Jesus tells us "the spirits/devils are subject to us in His name".

Father God desires that all of His children with their various personalities (individual wiring) will have this in common...the character of Christ Himself.  The love He has for God and humans.   

In the very same way Christ was transfigured, you are transformed.

You become all the things you've desired in your heart to be.

The next installment will be the tutorial on how this transforming / transfiguring can occur in your very own life!