My Daily Devotional

We Can Be Transformed

"But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

          1^st Corinthians 6:11

           Have you ever awakened in the morning and looked outside to see a beautiful snow covered landscape before you?  The drab, cold and dreary scenes of yesterday were now blanketed and transformed into a delightful sight as the snowflakes covered everything with its brilliant white blanket of snow.  The bare and seemingly lifeless trees were turned overnight into marvelous works of art as they were decorated with brilliant white highlights.  The way God can send the snow to wash away the lifeless landscape and turn it into a wonderland of beauty, is the same way that our lives can be turned around by putting our trust in God and asking Him into our hearts.  Ephesians 2:1 "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world." Our lives that was once dead in our sins, like the lifeless trees can be renewed and cleansed, and can be made alive like the blanket of white snow by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior.  Colossians 1:13 "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."  We can now be clothed in white as God will cover our sins with His blanket of white, and also make us His beautiful work of art. Just as we are delighted to see a beautiful winter scene, God is also delighted to see His work in our lives.  We, who were once drab and dreary, can be marvelously transformed by His Grace into children of God.