Daily Devotional
A Butterfly from a Caterpillar

March 10, 2025

Ponder This

The word “transformed” is linked to the word “metamorphosis”, which is derived from two words: “meta,” which means a change, and “morphis,” which means a form. It is a change of form. When you present yourself on the altar and the fire consumes you, you are transformed. You’re not conformed—squeezed into the mold of this world—you are transformed.

What is metamorphosis? When you took biology in junior high, you learned this. The caterpillar crawls up into a cocoon. He goes through a metamorphosis, and he comes out a beautiful monarch butterfly. What is the nature of that caterpillar after this transformation? It is a monarch butterfly. The inner nature comes to the surface. That’s what metamorphosis is.

What is the inner nature of a Christian? Jesus. The devil is trying to stuff Jesus in. He doesn’t want Jesus to come out. He’s trying to “conform” you, so you won’t be transformed, metamorphized; he doesn’t want your inner nature to come to the surface. The inner nature of a Christian is Jesus. And when you present yourself as a living sacrifice, you are transformed, metamorphized. Jesus comes to the surface and that is what people see. I want people to see Jesus in me. Don’t you want people to see Jesus in you? We must be transformed.

• How has Jesus transformed you? How is your life showing the inner work of Jesus?
• What are some areas of your life in which you struggle to let go so that Christ can change you? What has kept you holding onto those areas?

Practice This

Share your testimony with someone, telling how Christ has transformed you.