Transformers!

Remember the commercial for “Transformers” that went something like this: “Transformers! -- More than meets the eye!” I think these toys were designed not by toy makers, but by engineers. They were designed to look like one thing, but after turning here and twisting there and popping out somewhere else, you ended up with something completely different. What a design! Some of them changed in ingenious ways. However, they only changed in accordance with their design. The process had to be done the right way.

Paul, in writing to the church at Rome made mention of a proper way of bringing transformation to our lives that would be IN ACCORDANCE TO GOD’S DESIGN. He wrote…

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” ( Romans 12:2 ESV)

Focus on the first part of that verse for a moment. There is a likeness we are not to conform to. That is the pattern of this world. This phrase has been translated “don't let the world squeeze you into its mold.” Oh, how it tries! Oh, how it pushes! Oh, how it squeezes! But we need to resist.

Note the verse again from the New Living Translation [© 1997, Tyndale House]…

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but LET GOD TRANSFORM YOU INTO A NEW PERSON BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect HIS WILL really is.” (NLT)

The best resistance against the world’s pressure to conform to its standard is to have the strength of a proper inner focus. It is a power which truly is “more than meets the eye” as God begins to transform our lives into BECOMING WHAT HE HAS DESIGNED for us to become. As our minds are continually renewed through a focus on His will we become more and more LIKE THE IMAGE HE CREATED US TO POSSESS. That image is HIS IMAGE! And He makes it possible!

The world wants to “toy” with us, but God is the “Engineer” with a transformation design which truly is “more than meets the eye!”

Have a great day BEING TRANSFORMED BY GOD!
Carl
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[This focus was originally sent 07/26/1998, (Edited some and the passage has been changed to ESV)]

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