Uprising

I started reading another book by Erwin McManus titled Uprising. So far I am really enjoying it, but just like the rest of his books that I have read, you can't read them fast. What I mean is, you read a paragraph or two and you have to stop and digest what you just read. It's deep and causes you to look inside yourself and ask the question "is that me?" I had barely gotten past the first 15 pages and the author starts in on Romans 12:2 where Paul tells us not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of your mind. I couldn't stop thinking about the two words in that verse, conform and transform. Am I letting myself be conformed into something I don't want to be, or am I allowing God to transform me into something better through His Son Jesus Christ. Am I a conformist? Is it easier just to go along with every one else, rather than to buck the system? Are my day to day actions influenced by the world around me. Am I pleasing man rather than trying to please God by allowing His Holy Spirit to change me from the inside. McManus uses the mirror as a good illustration. When I wake up in the morning, who do I see? A man of God, or do I see an image of something I don't want to be? I even started to think about my leadership role in the church as I looked at these two words. Am I trying to be someone I'm not because I don't want to disappoint those around me thus being conformed into "their image". Going along with the flow is easy. It makes you numb and you don't care. Transformation is life changing if you are willing to let God take control.