There’s no getting around it: when you become a born-again believer, change is the order of the day! From the very beginning, old things are passed away and behold ALL things become new! (2 Corinthians 5:17.) ALL things. Did you see that?! From the moment you decide to surrender to Christ, life as you once knew it ends, and a new, extreme makeover begins.
So how do you get the most out of the great transformation that God has planned for you? How do you realize your full potential in Christ? The answer is through the power of the Word. In fact, God ordained His Word as the ultimate change agent for sanctifying (or separating) His people from the dead, lifeless works of the flesh and past life–and into the newness of life in Christ Jesus.
“Sanctify them through thy truth. Thy word is truth.” (John 17:17)
When Jesus prayed for His disciples, He went to the heart of what would totally transform them (and later us) and prepare them to take on the ministry that He would soon entrust to them. He established His Word–His truth–as the one thing guaranteed to change simple, ordinary men prone to fear and doubt and erratic outbursts and denying Him and so on! And the formula is the same today (Hebrews 13:8).
What changes do you desire to experience in your life? For each and every one, submit to the Word. Allow it to do its job of transforming you again and again–as you give it the rightful place in your life, your thoughts, your words and your conscience. (2 Timothy 2:15; Romans 12:1, 2.) It will supernaturally begin to lift you out of old ways of thinking and doing and being into a freedom and victory that’s nothing short of heaven on earth.
Now, are you ready for your makeover?