2 Corinthians 3:18 English Standard Version (ESV) And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Building off what was said yesterday let it be known that we do not change but rather are changed.
Key in discovering these changes is the issue of seeing Jesus for Who He is in truth. We must not see in the scriptures what we think Christ looks like and then do a personal makeover. Human effort does not provide change. This is not a twelve step program.
Obedience of faith does not produce change. Obedience of faith is an opportunity to answer God’s will in how we can change the circumstances of others. God does not need our obedience to change our inner being, His presence does that.
Life tells us to take charge, to set goals, to achieve goals, to be successful or fall behind. That creates a class of weak and beggarly people devoid of any spiritual substance. This is the class of people who need the Lord the most.
1 Corinthians 1:26-27 English Standard Version
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
We may have started out this way, but because of His indwelling presence, we do not stay that way.
At what point in our lives did God call us? Was it a low point in our life when we knew we had failed and needed divine help? Had we heard of the Lord from others who had already received the help they needed? Someone must have at least whispered the name of Jesus. That is all it takes but someone was a witness to us along the way.