Shalom,

I REALLY love today's "Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland!

Behold the Lord

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

Inside, you're perfect—born again in the image of Jesus Himself. But outwardly do you find yourself falling frustratingly short of that perfection? Is there a solution? Yes! The secret lies in "the renewing of your mind."

Romans 12:2 tells us that, if you'll renew your mind, you can actually be "transformed." That word transformed is translated from the Greek word from which we get the term metamorphosis. It's used in Scripture in two other places.

One of those places is when Jesus was transfigured on the Mount as He spoke with Moses and Elijah. The other is found in 2 Corinthians 3:18. It says, "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

Changed, transformed, transfigured! Those are powerful, exciting words, and they describe what will happen to you as you spend time beholding the Lord in the Word and in prayer. As you spend time renewing your mind, your outer being will be transformed in much the same way as a caterpillar is changed into a butterfly. Instead of conforming to the image of the world, you'll begin to conform to the image of the reborn spirit within you which is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Take time to get away from the world and study God's Word. Meditate on it and let it change you from the inside out. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind and release the beautiful spiritual butterfly that's living in you!

If only every born again believer was taught from the moment of their new birth that they have been made PERFECT in their spirit man and must only continually renew their minds with the Word of God in order to walk pleasing to the LORD! There would be such an excitement around their learning and feasting on the Word! Instead, many are taught that they have to now 'tow the line' as a believer because people are watching! Everything that they try to do right is based on and flows from the outside! We CANNOT be changed from the outside in. Growing up in the things of God ALWAYS happens from the INSIDE OUT! It IS the work of the Spirit of Almighty God in us that is the answer! Look at Philippians 1:6:

6 And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.

Realize who you are, because of who HE has made you, and then continue devouring the Word of God so that you can continue to learn just what that all means! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "From The Inside Out":

Shalom in Him!