A Heart Transformed

A Heart Transformed Behavior modification says, “I can change because of what I do,” while a heart transformation says, “I am changed because of what Jesus has done.” Putting on something new usually requires us to remove something else first. But this exchange between our old sinful life and our new Christian life can’t happen through our own desire to change. We can only change when we understand whose we are and who we are: God’s chosen ones, adopted and redeemed to new life in Jesus Christ. With this knowledge we can move forward with compassion for the people around us, with confidence because God has adopted us, and with peace because we know God is in control. We walk in love, not in order to obtain salvation, but because He has already clothed us in it. We are free to love when it is hard, free to deny ourselves when the world tells us to take what we want, and free to forgive when we have been hurt and wronged. Through our own behavior modification, we are unable to truly change; but when the Lord transforms our hearts, the victory is already won. We are free.