Don’t Conform To This!

 

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be 

transformed by the renewing of your mind, that 

you may prove what is that good and acceptable 

and perfect will of God."

Romans 12:2

 

We’ve used the phrase “cookie cutter” to describe 

all things other than cookies: cookie-cutter houses, 

cookie-cutter apartments, cookie-cutter customer 

service solutions, and cookie-cutter haircuts on new

 military recruits. In other words, the design is set and

 applied in every instance so the results are according

 to the design as when star-shaped cookies all look 

the same.

 

English Bible translator J. B. Phillips used the cookie-cutter 

idea in his paraphrase of Romans 12:2: “Don’t let the world

 around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-

mould your minds from within, so that you may prove that 

the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and 

moves to the goal of true maturity.” The world (empowered 

by the devil) wants to conform every person into a godless 

image. Instead, we are to renew our mind with God’s Word 

daily so we can resist the pressures of sin, the world, and

 the devil.

 

The truth of the Bible is our protection. 

It defends us against being made into 

a cookie-cutter image of the world.

 

"The Bible was not given for our

 information but for our transformation."

D. L. Moody