The Mystery of How God Can Change You:

Though most of us know -- still how soon we forget what we're really looking at when we see the fluttering, colorful wings of the butterfly.. that it is indeed a worm that's undergone radical transformation. Transformation or "metamorphosis" is the simplest segment of the caterpillar/butterfly's life, it's actually the worm's survival UP TO and AFTER it's metamorphosis that poses challenge. Even the shortest distances are a long, long journey to the tiny caterpillar but it must find a large plant or small to medium-size tree to reside & spin it's cocoon for it's trans-formative experience to morph into a creature with more liberties. For days or even weeks, inch by inch the worm crawls to the place it's determined to perch thru the cycle of transforming.. it takes alot of time & energy as it works it's way up the plant/tree, and all while having to avoid becoming another's prey.
Now, think with me for just a moment of how this relates in real life application. Like the worm, we have a purpose from the beginning but it doesn't mean we're yet serving that purpose. I can think of very little purpose that the caterpillar serves before transforming aside from being good fish bait, but as a butterfly it's both a creature of beauty and of productive purpose as it services flowers & plants for growth, while as a caterpillar it destructively eats them instead. We share the similarity with these "flying caterpillars" called butterflies in that we have a productive purpose in life but it requires some perseverance, climbing & transformation to obtain it. God equipped with all the tools we need and they break forth when we get in the right position and the right TIME has come! Romans 12:2 says "And be not CONFORMED to this world but be ye TRANSFORMED by the renewal of your mind, so you may prove the good, acceptable and perfect will of God for your life."
The next time you look at a butterfly, think of what it might say if you could ask it if the transformation was worth it.. I can't imagine it think not. Tho the caterpillar took a long while to crawl a short distance, after that it broke free from it's cocoon with bright colorful wings, it didn't have to go back by the same way it came.. it's day's of crawling were over. It climbed exhaustively to get where it is, but now with very little effort and hardly any time it can travel distances it could never dream. Scripture says "We're born in sin, shaped in iniquity" ..so for sake of my point let's allow that to define us as the worm. But fortunately, God made us capable of so much more.. and He not only sees us as we are now but also as we are at our fullest potential. His will for all is that we find our higher purpose in life.. a purpose that's hidden in Him. "Set your affections on things above..." so set them higher.. spread your wings.. learn to crawl, persevere, avoid entrapments of the enemy who would love to destroy you.. and position yourself in the rightful place God's preserved for you in His will so you can transform in the time & season.. God will make you a creature of greater purpose that others can find inspiration to find their own trans-formative experience in God your Creator. There is wings inside the worm.. and God sees them because He put them there.. just believe, embrace it and chase it! -Pastor Kenny Griffin