This week, I want us to take a deep look into what is means to be Christian, and from the perspective of Romans 12.

“Be transformed.”

The weight of that command in Romans 12:2 is deeper than it sounds in English.

The word transformed speaks of a complete inward change that expresses itself outwardly—true metamorphosis, not mere adjustment. It is used as a present passive imperative, meaning it is a command, it is ongoing, and it is something done to us. God is the One who is doing the work in us. We are commanded to continually yield ourselves to a transformation that God Himself performs.

This cuts directly against much of what passes for Christianity today. If transformation is inward and divine in origin, then Christianity cannot be reduced to behavior management. It is not rehab. It is not the trimming of bad habits or the polishing of old desires. It is the replacement of the old man with the new. Grace was never intended to be permission to indulge our own desires and claiming God understands. is. God’s power is what crucifies it (the old man and its desires) and raises something entirely different in its place.

The call, then, is not to modify life but to exchange it. Not to appear different, but to BECOME different. This transformation is not cosmetic—it is essential. It is not external conformity but internal re-creation. And because it is ongoing, we must resist the temptation to settle into a static version of faith. The command assumes movement, growth, and continual yielding. The question is not whether we have changed once, but whether we are being changed still.

Father, may we truly be a reflection of You in the earth by yielding to Your transforming power through Your Word.