Transformed Changes and changing

If the only reason that we would want transformation is to become a better version of who we are, would this be too subjective? Better than what? Better than who? How much is enough? When do we run out of compelling motivation?

I am wondering if there is only one thing strong enough to motivate transformation…

What if we truly came to understand our Creator’s love? What if we came to understand the intensity of His broken heart; a suffering He has chosen to endure over our decision to walk away from Him. (Gen 6:6) What if we took a small step of surrender, to allow Him to work in us to will and to act according to His purpose (Phil 2:13), to have an opportunity to further what He began in us when He first breathed life into us (Phil 1:6). It would seem from this perspective that it would not be about us at all…but rather a Creator’s right, and our privilege.

As a creature, we are actually obligated to the Creator…its really too bad that He allows our hearts to keep beating as we walk away from His presence. Otherwise it would be explicitly clear that we were obligated to stay close to our source of life.

He allows us to choose. That is the basis of love. Love then becomes the only truly compelling motivation for transformation…it is not about our desire to transform to be a better version of who we are. It cannot be that we transform ourselves apart from Him. It is more about surrendering in love to LOVE, and allowing the Creator to complete what He began…His desire is transformation; to complete what He began…we simply return to the source of life, and allow Him.

Would the loving, broken heart of an omnipotent Creator be enough to compell us to surrender to His transformational work in our lives? It seems that this is His desire, His gift to bring us to a place of intimacy with Him, a place of fullness… (John 10:10)

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Transformation…do we need it? Can it be attained? Are we really wanting it? Do we hold any hope for it?

Hope…now there is a word I find myself in short supply of from time to time. Every time I find myself hanging on to the last few threads of it, I discover the other end to be tied to faith. Thankfully!  Without hope, we perish. I hear a friend of mine reminding me that we can survive a few weeks without food, a few days without water, but not a second without hope.

Now, lets presume that we have hope for transformation, hope for victory, hope for renewal, hope for the ability to overcome our weakness, to be something more, something positive in the lives of the people we love…maybe a better reflection of the person we see in the mirror…do we want it?

The human condition is a stark reality. We have well developed coping mechanisms in place. We have “prescriptions” and distractions…we are well entertained.

What would compell us to want to change; to journey deep into the recesses of our souls to heal the wounds that are the genesis of the emotions, thoughts and behaviors we strive to medicate?

What would be compelling enough to make us follow our thread of hope to discover faith?

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Welcome to David’s Blog on transformation!

The purpose of this dialogue is a sincere pursuit of the the how & why of transformation within our personal lives. Happy to have you join in the journey!

David

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