In 1984, the toy company, Hasbro , created a small toy, that through various different maneuvers and adjustments to an unassuming semi truck , would become the great and mighty Optimus prime; Arguably the most awesome Transformer of all times.

What started out as something small and unassuming transformed into a mighty warrior that everyone wanted to emulate.  

As I wrote this, I felt this sense of pride building up inside of me as I remember finally figuring out how to transform the toy truck into the creature it was intended to be. There was a sincere satisfaction and great sense of joy when Optimus prime emerged… 

I am 100% (that is fully) convinced that the Lord has a much greater joy watching us fully transform into the warrior he has created us to be for his kingdom.  

In 3 John 1:4 KJV he says:

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” 

What is his truth?  Simply stated (and yes, it’s way simpler than us humans make it out to be) it’s his word.  

When we say to each other “you have my Word.” We are saying, you have my truth, you have my bond, or I promise you.”

In Hebrews 4:12-13 MSG

 “God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one can resist God’s Word. We can’t get away from it—no matter what.”

I love this version because it lays it out there; he will, through his word, cut through your doubt, your defense, your offense, your frustration, your bitterness, your fear, your anxiety, your loneliness, your depression, your need for control, your rejection…whatever it is; the word of God will cut those things off of your life…IF YOU APPLY HIS WORD. 

You’re not exempt from being a doer of the word, you’re not there yet and neither am I. We all have work to do, and this work…is not for you, it’s to help assist the Lord in saving humanity.  He SO loved us, that he LITERALLY sent his son to die for us.  Do you believe that; and by believe, I mean, has your whole existence been transformed into a person that could  never give enough thanks for being saved from the pits of hell?

Or is he a distant story in a familiar book that you read here n there?

For some of you, you may read his word daily, but it’s still distant.  That was my story when I was the unassuming semi-truck having no clue who I really was on the inside of me. 

My life has been and is being radically transformed, so much so, that now I have become a transformer…one who will help assist the Lord in showing others it’s possible for them to  transform also. 

Here’s how…

“Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.” – Romans 12:2 TPT

I had to stop caring about what people thought; when I quit caring  about what their opinion of me was, I quit wanting to imitate them. 

Really the only reason I imitated “the world”was because I wanted to be accepted by the world. 

What is imitating the world? 

For me, it was falling into gossip, allowing veils to be put over my eyes about people, it was selfishness and always thinking about how something affected me, I rarely thought about how it affected you, of course I would never say that, because I was a great manipulator; So much so, that I manipulated myself and couldn’t even see that it was me that the word needed to cut away. It was all me, it was all my flesh that the word needed to eliminate. 

So, the “culture around me” was really my own thoughts, my own insecurities, my own motives, my own desires…the culture around me…was me. 

I had to surrender to allow the Holy Spirit to inwardly transform me by a total reformation of how I thought. 

What did that look like?  It Started out small, telling myself that everything I knew before was a lie – it couldn’t hurt right?  It could only help.  Think about it, if everything else I was doing in life still lead me down a road of needing acceptance from other peoples opinions, then I was living in a lie. If I still needed to smoke a cigarette to “breathe” I was living a lie, if I needed to have a relationship to be “complete” I was living a lie, if going to church every week, reading my Bible and I was still on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medicines…I was living a lie. 

I might have just offended a few people that think they really need those medicines.

No you don’t, you are fearfully and wonderfully made. The sooner you believe that, the sooner you’ll be living in a transformed life that only he can give and the sooner you will be letting go of the “ideals and opinions of the customs of this world” 

You see, I NEEDED to be “brainwashed” I needed a total transformation on the way I was thinking. 

I was born into this world, but I am not of this world, I no longer have to adopt what it says is the “status quo” – I no longer have to  believe it’s opinion of me or the way my mind functions.  I will have you know 4 years later as someone the world labeled ADHD, depressed and had anxiety…well, just look at my life. I believe what you see is a Joy unspeakable, strength like those of eagles wings, peace of the Lord and his love surrounding me. 

The last part of the verse says “this will empower you to discern Gods will as you live a satisfying and perfect life in his eyes”. 

I believe that in his eyes, I am living a satisfying life; I believe he has “no greater joy” when he looks at the life I live. 

I want him to say that about ALL OF US!  I want pride to flee In Jesus name, I want all of us to be open to needing to change the way we think. 

I want all of us to be the coolest transformers of the fleet.  

I want him to know, that my mission is to fight for his kingdom, not for what humans think of me.  I want him to know that I adore him through my actions, through my willingness to “lay my life down” – to lay my opinions down, to lay what I think is right down. 

I pray, that hearts received this word and are empowered by these words to no longer let pride be a barrier between you and his transformation power!  

Only he can do it, you can’t. Trust me, I tried!  

I close this with from Jude –

But you, my delightfully loved friends, remember the prophecies of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. They taught you, “In the last days there will always be mockers, motivated by their own ungodly desires.” These people cause divisions and are followers of their own natural instincts, devoid of the life of the Spirit. But you, my delightfully loved friends, constantly and progressively build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by praying every moment in the Spirit. Fasten your hearts to the love of God and receive the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gives us eternal life. Keep being compassionate to those who still have doubts, and snatch others out of the fire to save them. Be merciful over and over to them, but always couple your mercy with the fear of God. Be extremely careful to keep yourselves free from the pollutions of the flesh. Now, to the one with enough power to prevent you from stumbling into sin and bring you faultless before his glorious presence to stand before him with ecstatic delight, to the only God our Savior, through our Lord Jesus Christ, be endless glory and majesty, great power and authority—from before he created time, now, and throughout all the ages of eternity. Amen!”

Jude (Judah) 1:1-25 TPT