μεταμορφόω You ready?

     I don't know why I still get surprised when revelation comes. But sometimes, even without the least bit of contemplation on my part, God lays something very clearly upon my heart.
     The thing just rises up from that pool of murky water and when the light hits it I get this breath of knowledge. A deep truth comes that I can rarely keep to myself. Most of the time this happens after a period of marveling over or meditating on something in Scripture.
     On Sunday, it rose from a Sermon. Romans 12:1-3 says this. "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
     I learned that the word "transformed" in verse two comes from the Greek word,  "metamorphoō." The definition says this.  1) to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure.  This word is only used three other times in the original translation of Scripture.  It is used twice in Matthew when he speaks of the "transfiguration" of Jesus, and once in 2nd Corinthians 3:18 when it says that we are "changed" into the same image from Glory to Glory.
      Dr. Veenker began to give examples. That's when it surfaced, this murky idea that I hadn't been able to name.  Scripture says that by the renewal of our minds, we are to metamorphose. To change into another form. 
      Suddenly, all these earthy examples that God has given us flowed through my mind. Tadpole to frog. Caterpillar to butterfly. Orange flower to yellow squash. Acorn seed to Eucalyptus tree. Tiny pink flowers to strawberries. I then thought about the first time I'd seen a little stagnant puddle full of tadpoles. I had been mesmerized as a small child. Some of them were still tadpoles and had no legs at all, others were growing four little small ones, and some already looked like frogs, except for the tail. I remember watching them for a very long time. 

     Of course God gave us these examples! He wants us to know. He wants us to see. He wants us to understand this "metamorphoō".  It's what God does.
     I know there is a journey down and to this road of transformation and that it does not happen over-night. But we are, however, called to walk it just the same.  
     So...  are you ready to be changed and made new? To be transfigured? 
     I'm going to ask you for some wings, Lord. Because I really want to fly.