Corinthians 3:18 - "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."
Most of us understand the transformation of the caterpillar into a butterfly, but has anyone explained the transformation from your OLD self in the flesh of our earth to your NEW self in Christ? The world wants to conform us, God wants to transform us! Jesus gives us a heart of wanting and appreciation, little by little he transforms us into his image. When we submerse ourselves in the teachings of the Bible, we learn little by little and become transformed little by little so that eventually, we can be transformed from the animal that crawls to the Christian that flies!
We need to stop thinking God is mad at us for not being perfect Christians. We all learn at different paces, we all have different amounts of time that we can devote to our learning. You may only have 15 minutes a day to devote to the Lord, but eventually you will have more time and be able to grow into your NEW Christian life in your own time. Just like the butterfly that develops from the cocoon, we develop as Christians the same way. If you are going through struggles in your life, think of the butterfly in the cocoon, he struggles and struggles to get out of it and then becomes this beautiful animal of God. Your struggles too, will transform you into a beautiful person of God. Sometimes, we have to go through struggles to develop into our NEW Christian lives.
Don't try to be someone else, because when God transforms you, you will be your own butterfly! So get into your cocoon with the Holy Spirit and be transformed into the image of Jesus!
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