we are all colored...

We all have our prejudices. When we look at a certain thing, we bring into it our past experiences, feelings, principles and preferences when we evaluate that thing. (Example: If I now look at a very young couple on the street, I would think that the relationship is unlikely to last due to past experiences.) Is it possible to be objective in evaluating something? Tough. More so for someone like me who feels very strongly towards my likes and dislikes. But it is not impossible. I think I was brought to see Rom 12:2 in a different light today during consolidation.

²Do not conform any longer 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 word here is transformed, which comes from the word metamorphoō. It means to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure. We know that after we become Christians, we need to change our thinking and but we do it slowly, bit by bit, introducing God's principles and hopefully find ourselves changing one step at a time. Yes, it is a progressive change but the verse is really suggesting not just a progressive change but also a total change. It is not about adding on to what we already think we know but it's about throwing out totally what we used to think is right and wrong and refining and changing the way we think and act using His Word as the reference. So tough yet so needful especially in a world where opinions thrive but truth don't. I'll need to learn to think, objectively with the Word of God as the yardstick every single day, hour and minute of my life.