WORSHIP WEDNESDAY: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF YOUR SOUL

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
 
II Corinthians 5:17, KJV

Butterflies always fascinated me when I was younger. I vividly remember Mrs. Russ’ elementary school classroom. We were learning about how the winged creatures move through their stages of life.
 
I don’t think my young mind understood that butterflies didn’t start out beautiful. They start out as a caterpillar. 

To me, a caterpillar was just another creepy crawly thing that grossed me out. But after several weeks, our classroom was buzzing with questions as the caterpillar began to form a barrier around itself.

Where are they going? What do they do in there?
 
We learned that the caterpillars were undergoing this amazing process called metamorphosis. If you don’t know what that is, or you just need a refresher, allow me to give you a few key points on metamorphosis.

​Metamorphosis is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means” or “a striking alteration in appearance, character or circumstances.”
 
Another definition says the work is an “abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (such as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching.”

Butterflies go through four stages in the metamorphic process. The stages are the egg, the larva (caterpillar), the pupa (barrier), and the butterfly. During the pupa stage, old body parts are changing to form new tissue, limbs, and organs.

Today, as I refresh my knowledge on butterflies, I was reminded of 2 Corinthians 5:17. Whenever we accept Christ as our savior, we are new. We are like the butterfly. Now, we can fly and reach heights we never could reach before.

When we are caterpillars, we wallow in sin. When we are transformed by the gift of Jesus on the cross, we can fly. Deep down, we are still that caterpillar. We are that same person that wallowed in sin. We still make mistakes. But we are new. We remember that transformation we’ve been through and all of the changes that process of accepting Jesus made in us.

​My prayer for you for these next few weeks is that you will remember who you were before accepting Christ. I want you to be humble and realize that you would not be who you are today if it wasn’t for that “supernatural” transformation, that metamorphosis of your soul.
 
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