True transformation is the best gift ever. Plastic surgery can change the body, but it can only make a superficial difference because it’s unable to literally transform the human heart. (Jeremiah 17:9) Genuine transformation empowers a person to joyfully live in self-denying, daily-cross-bearing obedience to the risen Jesus Christ. (Luke 9:23)

God the Father sent Jesus, God-the-Son, to supernaturally transform people (2 Corinthians 5:17) and to live within and through them (Colossians 1:27) so that God the Holy Spirit can freely flow out of their innermost being like rivers of living water. (John 7:38-39) King David cried out to God for that kind of transformation when he prayed: “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)

True trans-formation continues for a lifetime “until Christ be formed in you.” (Galatians 4:19) It begins in a moment, continues day-by-day, (2 Corinthians 1:10) and goes from glory to glory as we let God the Holy Spirit work deep down inside us (2 Corinthians 3:18) and lead us from within. (Romans 8:14)

Jesus said: Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. (Matthew 5:8) It takes deep humility (James 4:6-8) to admit that your heart is impure, deceitful, (Matthew 15:19) and needs to be transformed by God. (Matthew 4:17)

What about you? Will you humble yourself and allow God to unceasingly transform you from within until you fully conform to His will instead of your own? (Luke 22:42) Are you ready for the lifelong process that the Bible calls sanctification?

If you are caught in a habitual sin, never justify your behavior. Never stop resisting it. Always let it humbly draw you closer to Christ and His mercy until deliverance finally comes. (1 John 1:5-10)