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Here we are at the end of January and so many of us wanted to have a new year, a new you, a new beginning, a new anything…!!!!  We wanted the chance to start over or try again, but we just find ourselves doing the same thing over and over without any real changes. We are a month in, and can you honestly say what has changed?  Can you see what you are doing differently? It is not lost on me that there are only 11 months left of this year, and I need to get moving. But what am I moving toward? I  can get frustrated and overwhelmed and then I end up staying the same and another year goes by. Let’s not allow that to happen in 2025. How can we really change then?

As always, there’s a verse for that:)

Romans 12:2(NIV)  tells us, “ Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but  be transformed by the renewing of your mind…”

There it is-the key that we are looking for! We need to allow God to use His power to change us through our thought life. Not only to change it or just use willpower to think positive thoughts, but to truly renew or transform our thoughts.  That we will not think as we did before. Verse 2 continues, “Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.”

This is more than just thinking positive thoughts.

This is a picture of the caterpillar who goes into the cocoon and while he is there, he is changed. Not because of anything the caterpillar did, but because of the way God designed the cocoon. Being transformed is going into our cocoon of prayer, Bible study, worship, meditating on Who He is, and allowing God to change us, to transform us. As our insides are changed, others will notice it from the outside, just as we see the caterpillar is no longer a caterpillar, but a beautiful butterfly. As Moses looked after he spent time with The Almighty, our outside will show it and be a testimony to others to “prove” Who He is. (Exodus 34:29-30)

Whatever area you are wanting to change or move forward in, God can renew our minds when we allow Him to, and we choose to spend our time in the cocoon with Him.

“Lord, help us depend on You and Your strength to renew our minds. Please keep us from falling back into patterns of this world, but let our thoughts align with Yours.”

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life