“ Changed From The Inside Out “

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God”
(Romans 12:2, New King James).

“Don't become so well adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you”
(Romans 12:2, The Message Bible).

If I had the opportunity to share one life-changing Scripture with the world, this would be it. It totally transformed my life when I had finally come to recognize that there must be more to the Christian life than what I was experiencing. Like so many of you reading this, I was so desperately desiring to change and to live in victory. Isn’t it amazing how the world would try to make you believe that the definition of victory is in what we look like and what we have on the outside? Its system even drives you to think that by obtaining many accomplishments, you will become happy and victorious. These things are the weapons of deception in which your adversary Satan uses so that he might come to steal, kill, and destroy your destiny (John 10:10). However, his top priority is to stop the advancements of the kingdom of God here on earth. In order for him to accomplish that, he knows how limited his power over you is. Since Jesus has already paid the price for your complete victory with his own blood, He has erected his battlefield in every believer’s mind. My purpose for sharing all of this with you is to say that for many years, I was entirely deceived and never even knew it. It all started with thinking that I needed something like a World Championship to be used by God. The Lord revealed through His life-changing Word the schemes the devil had plotted against my mind in an effort to destroy my life. I was shocked and set free to think that all God wanted was my heart opened and my minded renewed to His Word. I repented of all of the works I had performed and for believing the lies of the enemy (Hosanna 4:6). Then I humbled myself and asked God to help me change, a powerful force (revelation knowledge) was released into my life (John 8:32). The greatest deception of all was that I actually thought I could change myself. I can’t and neither can you. Even if we could change on our own, it would only be on the outside and would therefore only have temporal results. God’s way of changing us is from the inside out and it has eternal rewards. It will not be an easy fight to test and prove what is God’s perfect will. But you are more than a conqueror through Him who loves you. I pray that today you will enter into the magnificent process of allowing God the opportunity to radically change you forever.

Get Serious: Be honest with yourself and ask yourself this question, “Has the enemy used his tools of deception in any area of your life?” If so, are you willing to allow the Lord to show you the areas where you need to be healed?

Go Deep: Proverbs 6:23, Ephesians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Colossians 1:19, and 1 John 5: 20.