Here a simple recipe for Holy Spirit transformation...
“Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Romans 12:2 NLT
Basically...letting God transform, heal, and deliver me from the world’s way of thinking so that I can hear from Him more clearly for my own life. Mostly...stop comparing and wishing I was someone else.
I was very much like the Charlie Brown character, Pig-Pen...not a glamorous comparison. However, the swirling mass of thoughts and confusion consuming most of my life was very much like the swirling mass of debris that little Pig-Pen’s life depicted. Jesus changed all that. And, He is still doing it.
From this launching pad of freedom in my thoughts...I started to know who I was created to be...and, my goodness, that’s what Paul writes about next in Romans 12. Take a look...and begin to let the Him speak to you how special you really are.