Be transformed and not conformed.

 Romans 12:1-2- Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Two key words to pay attention to in the scripture above are conformed and transformed. Lets start with conformed. It means to fall in or go along with something. It means to copy something. Now what we must understand as believers is that there is a spirit of conformation operating in the world today. It makes people to lose their originality and become things that they aren't. Sadly, so many people are in this category even some who claim to be Christians. The Spirit of confirmation works through three other spirits. They include;

1. The spirit of Satan.
2. The spirit of Sin.
3. The spirit of Self.

These spirits in turn work in the following conditions;

1) When there is an absence of God's transformation and no agent of God in a mans life, it creates a void and makes people think that they have no need for God based on their earthly possessions. We must not be empty. We must be filled. We must get closer to God. There is a space in our lives that only God can fill and we will never be fully satisfied in this life if we don't get Him.

2) Beware of fake and false religious terms.
So many people today twist the part of the scripture to suit their own selfish desires but we must know that every wrong approach will lead to reproach. We need to study the bible so that we can know the truth because only when we know the truth can we be set free.

3) Unteachable Spirit.
Give correction to the wise men and he will love you more. Dont make yourself available by being unteachable. Children of God must be teachable and must possess a sheep like heart.When we aren't open to correction then the enemy creeps in and takes advantage of that to destroy a man. we must be teachable.

4) Danger of negative influences.
This can come as a result of evil and wrong communication. The bible says in the book of 1st Corinthians 15:33 that we should not be deceived because evil communication corrupts good manners. We shouldnt be having wrong companions in our lives.

These are the different conditions that the enemy works with. We must do our best and make up our minds not to let any of these states come about in our lives.


The second key word is transform and it means the internal renewal of our internal being which would affect our outward person. God's word describes us as little children who need to grow and mature until our character and conduct project the very image of Christ. God wants us to have the nature of Christ and for that to happen, transformation must happen. This event can only happen if we surrender ourselves to him completely and totally. So how does He do this?

1) By The Mighty Blood of Jesus.
The blood of Jesus washes away every sin and spot of the world.

2) By God's Word.
The Word of God is powerful. It is alive and it has the ability and capacity to change a person's life or situation. God uses His word and that is why we must feed on The Word. 

3) By The leading of His spirit.
The Spirit of God helps;
to correct us
to chastise us.
to bring us back to his own path.
to lead us in right direction

4) Through His faithful ministers.
God uses his prophet to interpret His Word, mind and heart to us. We must pay attention to our leaders in the body of Christ. We must honor them and not disregard the instructions God gives us through them.

5) Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to transform us.
We are The body of Christ. We are to stand for one another and help each other. In Christ, no one is an island and so God uses us to help others stand and vice versa. This is one of the reasons why we must be careful who we keep as companions. We must make sure our close friends are those who can stand with us and help us in our race.

6) Through some circumstances and events that we may not yet understand.
there are certain events that God permits to happen to help transform us in to His own image. We cant explain it with our own human wisdom and understanding. His ways are not ours. they are as the heavens are higher than the earth.


These are the methods God uses. I call them the agents of transformation. The Church is the only agent of transformation for the world. She is like a big ship floating on water but once water enters the ship, it sinks. The only thing that can drag us down is the world. We must resist it and hold on to God dearly. We must not let the spirit of this world to destroy to our gaining of the glorious pleasures that God has prepared for us. We must be careful. Do not compromise at all. All our ambitions and desires must be tailored according to The Word of God.