August 29, 2025     Transformational Principle

This morning I want to talk about spiritual transformation and how it is fundamentally an ongoing change in our inner life, especially in our beliefs, values, and sense of purpose involving a deeper connection with Yahweh. It encompasses a process of self-awareness and growth, leading to a more conscious and unified sense of self. In a spiritual context, transformation signifies a profound shift in one's inner being, leading to a more conscious and aligned connection with one's true self and Yahweh. It involves a deep change in one's understanding, their relationship with Yahweh, and the way they perceive and interact with the world. Yet I want you to know that there is no single, map for spiritual transformation, as the journey is deeply personal. Therefore, it is an infrastructure of practices and stages drawn from different traditions to guide your personal exploration and growth. The spiritual path can be generally understood in two parts: a process of clearing away old patterns and beliefs, and a practice of cultivating positive inner qualities. After saying that you meed to know that this transformation can also manifest in various ways, such as spiritual awakenings, shifts in values, and a deepening of one's connection to their inner self. It really can be complete new way of hearing the word of Yahweh. So first off I want to talk about, how Yahweh has a problem with us. We know this from scripture Roman 1:18-3:20 "or the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
Roman 2:1-29 "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."

Roman 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Now we can see that Yahweh’s problem with us, is that we are unrighteous. We have suppressed the truth in unrighteousness and rebelled against Yahweh’s holy will. As a result all men are condemned by Yahweh’s holy law, and are under His wrath. However, Yahweh has a solution for us. I thought you might like to hear that. The solution is that He imputes His very righteousness to us as a gift, that is for those who believe in Yeshua The Messiah. For those who trust in The Messiah there is no condemnation. We are justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in The Messiah Yeshua. Yahweh has a plan for us. His plan for those who believe is to free them from slavery to sin, send His Spirit to indwell them, so that they put sin to death, and look forward to eternal glory with The Messiah. Further, Yahweh plans to use the conversion of the Gentiles to provoke the Jews to jealousy, in order to bring them to salvation. However, first we must give unconditional surrender. That's right, we are to present our bodies and lives to Yahweh as living and holy sacrifices. This unconditional surrender which we are to give to Yahweh every minute of every day is our spiritual worship, not the pretense of go to church or singing of praise songs for 45 minutes on Sabbath morning. We actually need to dedicate our whole life to Yahweh, so we can experience spiritual transformation. Now you may be wondering what I mean by that, so let me try and explain. I truly enjoy how Yahweh uses creation to shine a light on His glory and on His word. I am talking about the things in the heavens and the earth which teach us more and more about how amazing Yahweh is and what He is doing. I mean let's talk a look at the butterfly. It is stunning and delicate yet there is no reason why a butterfly needs to exist. Yet it does. Now most bugs I do not really care for, however a caterpillar looks something like a worm. And I like to fish so they don't bother me. However, a caterpillar although born spends the first portion of it’s life existing only to fill it’s stomach with food. There is nothing about a caterpillar that would really draw our attention to it, however when I was a kid I use to find them and pick them up. I was fascinated by the way it would cling onto my finger. Anyway, moving right a long, at some point in every caterpillar’s life, it creates a cocoon. Remember we are talking about transformation today., and they do not form that cocoon just to get some sleep. The cocoon lets us know that something is happening, but only on the inside, and that something is called metamorphosis. In the cocoon a caterpillar undergoes complete metamorphosis by breaking down most of its body into a nutrient-rich fluid, which then fuels the growth of adult body parts from special clusters of cells called imaginal discs. These discs, containing the genetic instructions for the adult form, develop into the butterfly's wings, legs, eyes, antennae, and other structures. Once the transformation is complete, the adult butterfly emerges, expands its wings by pumping fluid into them, and then flies off . The parallel here is between the emerging butterfly and the transformation that Yahweh brings to the life of a Believer. In fact, even the word metamorphosis comes from the Greek word transformed which occurs 4 times in scripture. Twice it refers to Yeshua when He is transfigured before Peter, James, and John on the mountain top. We see this in Matthew 17:2 “And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.” and Mark 9:2 “And after six days Jesus taketh
with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. “Yet I feel it is important to also warn you that evil can also transform, so be careful to you are truly listening to. We see this in 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. One of our values here at Divine Word Ministries is the idea of self transformation. We want to be transformed daily in that way we will live in obedience to Yeshua. But we also want to see people transformed by the power of His word. Now, I know that no one is born a Believer. Nor does everyone become transformed by the power of the gospel, as we all know. However, for those who believe and make the journey through pain, struggles, happiness and love find that it is a life worth living. Please turn with me to Romans 12:1&2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." We see that Paul gives us two commands and a reason for obeying them. He gives us one negative command 'do not be conformed to this world'. Now conformed is a Greek word which means to assume a similar outward form. It is much the same idea as taking cake mix, pouring water into it, and then pouring it in a square cake pan. Then putting it in the hot oven. When you pull it out later, the liquid mix which is now cake has taken on the same outward form as the pan. Or it is much like taking a box of dry jello and mixing in water then pouring the liquid jello into an unusual shape mold and putting it in the refrigerator. When you pull it out of the fridge the jello has taken on the same outward form as the jello mold. Paul is telling us not to allow the world to squeeze us into its mold. You may be wondering what Paul meant by, the world? I am pretty sure he was not just taking about the planet earth, because we are told not to be conformed to it. Obviously it must have to do with the thoughts, opinions, values and priorities of those who live in the world. Yet since we are told that we must not conform to it, it must be talking about the portion of the world that is not following Yeshua The Messiah. The Greek word for (world) means (age.) Therefore, when we are told not to be conformed to this world, the meaning must be that we must not be conformed to the thoughts and values of those who are living for this present age, without reference to Yahweh or the age to come. We see that the (world) is used in this sense in 1 John 5:19-21 "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.", Therefore we know that we are of Yahweh, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. We must understand that conformed is a present tense verb. Which means, do not be conformed, is in the present tense and speaks of continuous action. Paul is saying, “keep on every day refusing to be conformed to this world.” We must be continually on our guard not to adopt the philosophies and values of the world. However, each day we live there is pressure on all of us to conform. Of course, all of us want to be liked by others and well thought of too. So, we feel an inward pressure to go along, not make waves for anyone. For example, if the world changes its mind on what constitutes marriage, we feel pressured to conform. It doesn’t matter that the entire world has known for thousands of years that Yahweh made Adam and Eve to be partners. Yet, if the world now decides marriage can be between 2 men, or 2 women, there is now a social pressure for us to go along. If the world decides that there is nothing wrong for two young people to just live together instead of getting married, all of us feel a certain pressure to go along with it. Remember, we are not yo judge. Of course, for the Believer, the real issue is not what the world thinks, but what Yahweh thinks. We must obey Yahweh rather than man made up laws. I mean please think about it. Yeshua said that His disciples were in the world, but they were not of the world. This world is not our home. We are pilgrims and strangers here for our home is heaven. Now, of course, we need to more closely define worldliness. Now we know that fundamentalists tend to see worldliness as smoking, drinking, dancing, and gambling. As you can see, these are all we do outwardly. However, I want you to take notice of Paul’s words, “Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” The opposite of being conformed to the world is not to stop committing all the external sins of the flesh. It is to renew your mind. Therefore, I submit that worldliness is primarily a way of thinking. It's a matter of global values and principles. It is to consider all of life like the rest of the world does. You may be wondering just how do they consider it? Well, I would say that they view life without reference to the lordship of Yeshua The Messiah. They see life as an opportunity to do their will. They live life for the here and now, without reference to eternity at all. They value self-esteem, and self-gratification. And self is the center of their universe. Do you remember the old Schlitz beer commercial, “You only go around once in life; you’ve got to grab all the gusto you can.” Well that beloved, is the essence of worldliness. Living supremely for this life, and neglecting Yahweh and the life to come. It is setting the supreme value upon material possessions, money, comfort, earthly pleasures and neglecting Yahweh, The Messiah, is the Spirit of faith, love, holiness, sanctification, suffering and perseverance. He is speaking of the opinions, attitudes, values, and priorities of the world. I'd like you to take a moment and ask yourself the following four questions.
1 For the most part, what does the world think?
2.For the most part, what does the world believe?
3.For the most part, what does the world value?
4.For the most part, what does the world pursue?
Now that you have thought about it, I ask again, are you worldly? How much do you value your present life and devalue eternal life? Do you consciously live each day under the leadership of The Messiah? How often do you go to Him ask Him what His will is concerning your spending of time, money, helping of others and possessions? If you are not, you are being conformed to this world. So, Beloved, I plead with you to give your bodies to Yeshua the Messiah because of all He has done for you. Let your body be a living and holy sacrifice, the kind He will find acceptable.
Let's move on to one positive command 'but be transformed by the renewing of your mind'. This you would have to say is a positive command. That's right we must refuse to be squeezed into the world’s philosophies and value system. On the contrary, we must be transformed. Now, that word transformed is the same Greek word that is used in the gospels for the transfiguration of Yeshua The Messiah. What was happening when Yeshua was transfigured? The inner glory of The Messiah’s deity was being manifest outwardly. He was Yahweh all along, but for the most part, people couldn’t see it. Now, The Messiah was allowing His Deity to go on display. His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. Do you see how being conformed to something is very different from being transformed? When you are conformed, you change your external actions to fall in line with others. When you are transformed, you are changed on the inside, with the effect that the inner beauty and glory finds expression on the outside. Conforming highlights the external, while Transforming highlights the internal.
Metamorpho is the Greek word for transformed, but we get our English word metamorphosis from it. When a caterpillar spins a cocoon around itself, and then later emerges as a completely different creature on the outside, a butterfly, it has gone through a metamorphosis. It has been transformed from one thing into another thing. It didn’t conform to anything. It was transformed. The same thing happens to a tadpole. When it is hatched from an egg, it looks more like a fish. It has a body and a tail. But as it gets older, it grows legs and arms, and loses its tail! Now, let me ask you, how does a creature, just grow arms and legs? It has been transformed, because of its inner nature, into a different creature! That is exactly what takes place in a Believers life. Because we have been born again, and are a partaker of the divine nature, we change, and this change shows up on the inside. A true Believer in Yeshua the Messiah has a life of spiritual change which forms and grows on the inside and eventually expresses itself on the outside. Present Tense is a verb and speaks of something that goes on continually in our lives. This is not a one shot deal. We are being transformed day after day after day. Imperative Voice is a verb, and this verb is an imperative, it is a command. We do not have the option of ignoring or refusing this. It is not just Paul’s advice or suggestion, but a direct command from Yahweh. And since we are not the ones doing the acting; we are being acted upon. We are not transforming ourselves. We are being transformed. So, if we are not transforming ourselves, who is transforming us? I would have to say the Holy Spirit. I mean that is what Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 3:18, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. ” So, you might be thinking, “Great, Yahweh is the one who does the transforming. Therefore, I’m not responsible for this; He is.” Well, with that way of thinking I say let's read on. I say it is imperative that you let Yahweh transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Only then will you learn of Yahweh’s will for you, which is good, pleasing and perfect. I believe we all are prone to conform; therefore we must let the Holy Spirit transform us by renewing our mind. This is our part in our transformation. True, Yahweh is the One who does the transforming. However, we must actively renew our mind. You may be wondering just what do that mean. It means we must reshape our thinking so that it is informed by scripture. We must not allow our minds to think in the everyday worldly way. We must renew our minds, and reshape them. You may be wondering, How do we do this? We do this by thinking Yahweh’s thoughts after Him. We do this, by allowing Yahweh to purge out wrong, non-biblical thinking, and replace it with true biblical thoughts. We learn to see all of life from Yahweh’s perspective. We learn to adopt a Yahweh-centered view of all of life. And, the only way we can do this is by reading and meditating on the word of Yahweh. The key to transformation is the renewal of your mind! So you must spend time in scripture, learn to see the good in a person, love everyone including yourself and remember not to judge that is not our place. The time you spend in scripture must be regular and consistent. If you seldom read the scripture, or read it one day, wait three or four, and read a little, then don’t read for a week or two, and then read one day, you will not renew your mind. You should look forward to reading scripture for every time you read Yahweh’s word, you are giving Him an opportunity to speak to you. That’s why I say we need to read scripture expectantly. I know a lot of us have very odd work hours as well as house work and children to care for, so to you I say it may be easier to schedule a date with the Lord every morning or evening of your life. That is your time to commune with and worship the Lord. You should be excited to see how the Lord will speak to you on each date through His Word. Beloved, remember to read the scriptures humbly, for if you come to the scripture with your mind already made up, how is your mind every going to be renewed? If you have faulty thinking, you need to be corrected, so you can change your thinking. However, a proud person, does not come to the scripture to be corrected. Remember, the scripture is the authority, not you! Let what you read in the Word challenge any preconceived opinions you may have. You will probably find that you have a pretty good understanding of this or that particular truth, but your understanding needs to be refined. You need to take this scripture or that scripture into account, so that your understanding of this doctrine is complete. James told us to put aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. We see this fact in James 1:21 “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.” Now scripture should be read consecutively. What I mean by this, is start at the beginning of a book and read straight through to the end. I know a lot of people dip into the scripture here in Psalm for a few verses, and the next day they read a little from Ecclesiastes, and the next day they are in John, and the following day they are in Revelation. The problem with that is that you never get the context of what you are reading. You never see the author’s flow of thought, and what they were trying to convey from one paragraph to the next, and from one chapter to the next. Too often we treat the scripture like a magic book. We close our eyes, flip open the scripture, and start reading, without any understanding of the historical background or the context, and we think Yahweh is really speaking to us. Would you read a Disney plays or Alfred Hitchcock fictional stories in the same way? Would you turn to page 79 and read a paragraph one day, then on the next day turn to page 22 and read another paragraph? Of course not, that sounds ridiculous, then why do you want to read scripture that way? Learn to read through the scriptures consecutively from beginning to end. Finally, one reason for obeying them is so that you may prove what the will of Yahweh is. Paul gave us two commands; one positive, and one negative. Now, he finishes by telling us what will happen if we obey the commands. We will prove what the will of Yahweh is. Now prove in Greek contains two ideas in it. The King James has translated it well in Roman 12:2 "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." The idea is to test in order to approve. As our minds are renewed, we will be able to discern Yahweh’s will, and approve or delight in it. When we went to school, the teacher tested us. Why? Not so that she would have the pleasure of failing everyone! No, she tested us so that we would be approved when we passed the test. That’s the idea here. Sometimes The Believers think that if they want to know the will of Yahweh in a particular area, all they have to do is pray about it and Yahweh will give them a revelation of His will. Now, of course Yahweh can, and sometimes does this. But His normal way of guiding us in difficult decisions is for us to thoughtfully test and discern Yahweh’s will as our minds are reshaped by scripture. Our ability to discern the will of Yahweh will grow as our mind is renewed by the scriptures. This is very different from living our life by trying to hear voices telling us to do this or that. People who try to live their lives by hearing voices are not in harmony with Romans 12:2. Yahweh’s aim is not to just give us new information ie divine revelation. His aim is that we grow spiritually by learning to apply scripture to new situations in our life. Sometimes the scripture uses “the will of Yahweh” to refer to Yahweh’s sovereign will. By that I mean what Yahweh is going to bring to pass. We can not divert this will of Yahweh. The sovereign will of Yahweh always comes to pass. This is the sense in which the will of Yahweh is used in Daniel 4:35 “All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” In other words, this will of Yahweh is unstoppable and invincible. Paul says in Ephesians 1:11 “In him we were also chosen,[fn] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,” Again, this will of Yahweh is His sovereign purpose which always comes to pass. And again in Proverbs 16:33 “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.” Also in Proverbs 21:1 “In the Lord's hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him. ” Sometimes the scripture uses “the will of Yahweh” to refer to Yahweh’s commands. It is the will of Yahweh that we not lie, steal, cheat, murder, or commit adultery. Roman 13:9 “For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” And in everything give thanks; for this is Yahweh’s will for you in The Messiah Yeshua. We see this fact in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” So we see Yahweh commands us to give thanks in everything, it is His will. Paul states, For this is the will of Yahweh, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality. This is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;” When the scripture uses the phrase “the will of Yahweh” in these places, it is not talking about Yahweh’s sovereign purpose, but rather His commands. I believe that Paul can’t be talking about Yahweh’s sovereign purpose because we can’t test that. And Yahweh has not told us what most of His sovereign plans are. The secret things belong to the Lord our Yahweh. We gind this statement in Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." Therefore Paul can’t be talking about Yahweh’s commands either, because we don’t need to test Yahweh’s commands. Yahweh’s commands are clear. It is not my place to test the 10 Commandments or yours. It is my place to obey them though. Well, then what is Paul talking about when he speaks of “the will of Yahweh”? I believe he was talking about making Yeshua like decisions when we have no direct command from Yeshua. There are many situations in life where we will not have a clear command in scripture. You may be wondering, What do we do then? I believe that’s what Paul is talking about here. He is telling us that as our minds are renewed, we will be transformed so that we are able to discern and have the wisdom to make the best decision in a given situation, even though we have no clear command in scripture. However, this requires maturity. We need to grow in our ability to make wise and Yeshua like decisions. We face decisions like this quite often and scripture gives us no verse about who we are to marry, what kind of employment we should seek, where we should live, which church we should be a member of, where our children should go to school, or a million other decisions. However, as we renew our minds, we will gain wisdom to make Yeshua like choices in these areas. I believe this is what Paul is talking when he said, And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge, so that you may judgment in Philippians 1:9 “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; “ Or where he says, trying to learn what is acceptable to the Lord in Ephesians 5:10 “Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.” That which is good and acceptable and perfect. This points out the truth that as our minds are renewed, we are not just able to discern Yahweh’s will in new situations. Rather, we approve of Yahweh’s will. We take joy and delight in His will. We find that His will is good. His will is acceptable and pleasing. His will is perfect. Are you growing in your ability to discern the will of Yahweh? When you don’t have a specific verse of scripture that pertains to a decision you need to make, are you learning to apply biblical principles in order to make wise and more like Yeshua decisions? Do you approve, rejoice and take pleasure in Yahweh’s will? It is one thing to be able to discern what Yahweh’s will is. It is totally another to take pleasure in it. We approve of Yahweh’s will because we know that of all the ways we could respond to a situation, this one is best. This way will glorify Yahweh. This way will cause you to walk as Yeshua walked. Can I invite you to take that step today. Spiritual disciplines are practices and principles for spiritual growth that train one for godliness and a deeper relationship with Yahweh. Examples include prayer, fasting, bible study, meditation, service, worship, and solitude. To practice them, one engages in regular, intentional activities like making a journal, engaging in worship, and dedicating time to rest and quiet reflection, not as a means to earn salvation, but as a way to grow in spiritual maturity and character. Scripture tells us that we can do nothing on your own. We cannot deal with our sin or do anything to transform ourselves. We must look only to Yeshua, who dealt with our sins on the cross. Remember always.
Surrender.
Believe in Yeshua the Messiah,
Repent of your sins.
Keep yourself undefiled from the world,
And let Yeshua the Messiah transform you and conform you to be more like Him each and every day.

May the Lord bless you and keep you,
May the Lord make His face to shine ypon you and be gracious to you,
May the Lord lift up His counyenance upon you and give you peace