Seven Wonders (Part 2)

Here’s a “pop-quiz” with seven multiple choices and a chance to respond below:

Question: What is authentic spiritual transformation (the 4th of seven spiritual wonders) all about?
A. Trying to be a good person
B. Giving up stuff
C. Committing myself to something better
D. Following through on my word
E. Quitting my bad habits
F. All of the above
G. None of the above

If you answered a, b, c, d, e, or f – you think like most people. But most people are wrong when it comes to the 4th spiritual wonder… how “God Transforms Me.”

Notice the common denominator in all of these… self-effort! But true biblical transformation is never about self-effort.

Instead, biblical transformation is: “A radical, noticeable change that takes place within the human heart, not because of personal effort, but because of an authentic encounter with Jesus Christ.”

We can try to change from the inside on our own – so we will be changed on the outside, but we will ultimately fail. REMINDS ME OF POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN: “I YAM WHAT I YAM, AND THAT’S ALL THAT I YAM!”

• NO HOPE OF CHANGING—“I YAM WHAT I YAM”
• NO DESIRE TO CHANGE—“I YAM WHAT I YAM”
• CAN’T CHANGE—"I YAM WHAT I YAM, AND THAT’S ALL THAT I YAM!"

Transformation always begins from within. It’s “an inside job” that can and should happen in small and sometimes big ways, regularly.

Remember this: Real transformation is always about our yieldedness to what God wants to do in us!

Agree or disagree? Why or why not? Talk back and be heard!

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