DEVOTION – SATURIDAY,
MAY 12, 2012
“I1Spiritual Metamorphosis “
BY
BAYLESS CONLEY
Romans
12:1-2 says this,
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is
your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good
and acceptable and perfect will of God.
First,
notice that it is your responsibility to present your body to God. God will not
do it for you. You have to do it. But Scripture doesn't leave us
there. We are shown how we are to do that in verse 2 above.
First,
when it says, Do not be conformed, that word conform means
to be pressed into a mold by outward pressures. Instead of being
conformed we are told to be transformed. That is actually the Greek
word from which we get our English word metamorphosis. It means to
let what is on the inside come to the outside.
One
day many years ago, my kids came home from school with some silk worms. We were
supposed to put them in a box and feed them mulberry leaves. I couldn't believe
how many leaves these worms ate! They ate leaves until they turned a
translucent green!
Then
they wove cocoons and went through a metamorphosis. They went from being these
ugly ol' fat green transparent worms, to the most beautiful fuzzy huge white
moths. It was amazing to see!
My
friend, you renew your mind by feeding on God's Word, the same way that those
silk worms fed on the mulberry leaves. As you are filled with His truth,
it causes a metamorphosis to take place. It brings what is on the inside—God's
nature—to the outside.
So
feed on God's Word and watch your life be transformed.
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