Are you conforming or being transformed?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:2‬ ‭

I’ve been around my husband now for about 6 years. A lot of times it feels like it’s been so much longer lol. If you don’t know he’s from the Bahamas . It’s funny because a lot of people would ask me where I’m from, because they say “I have an accent”. Sometimes I know I jokingly say things like him, but when being serious I really don’t think that I do.

Even in marriage there are so many things that we do like each other . In this scripture it talks about not being conformed, but being transformed. No matter how hard you try , how confident you claim to be, you will always be conforming to something. Whether it’s gossiping on the job, watching things we shouldn’t because our friends do, the way we dress, and lowering our standards below what God has defined as holiness. If we don’t have a daily connection with God and spend time with him we won’t be transformed.

When something conforms it’s slowly changing , but when something is transformed it’s completely changed and a lot quicker. How? Above it states by the renewing of our mind. How do you renew your mind? Prayer , fasting, praying, reading and hearing from God. What you put in is what comes out and ultimately what we believe. You have to hear, see and surround ourselves with things that are in agreement with Gods word.

There’s no possible way that we can live for God without him and I would never want to try. If we try we just end up being “good people” who live a morally good life. By allowing God to transform us “we prove what it’s that good, acceptable and perfect will of God”. We desire and are able to live for him because we have him living on the inside of us. It doesn’t remain hard not to do certain things, watch certain things or engage in certain conversations because you feel that it doesn’t please God.

The only way that I can describe it is when you grow up a certain way and someone introduces you to something different at first it’s uncomfortable, but once you give in it becomes a new way of life and you slowly conform. But with God it’s a complete transformation. He actually saves you a lot of time from just “morally living right “, because he changes you on the inside.