The most difficult part of changing involves the exploration of your inner world. True change cannot just occur on the surface or your outer being. Change has to do with the renewal of one’s mind and inner being. It has to reflect in your way of thoughts, deeds, and actions—a lifestyle. Change means not only understanding who you are but also why you are who you are and how to walk in change.

The first step you must take in order to be transformed is to identify the obstacles that are preventing you from changing. You need to look in the mirror, which is the Word of God. It’s only through the Word of God that you can realize the need for God.

The Word of God is not to point one’s floss but to reveal to us how God has already made us in himself. When we encounter the Word of God, it necessitates change and convicts us. It opens our eyes to specify what the baggage, habits, emotions, and environment are and how they are keeping us from changing; it opens our eyes to realize our downfalls.

Understanding these obstacles takes out the fear in you and what has been holding you back. It also gives you clarity on what you need to change and gives you the direction in your path of change. Then you can begin the change process.

These explorations of your inner world can enable you to fully understand why you have been the way you have been and done things you have done even when neither have worked for you. (“So that’s why I’ve been this way all of my life!”) This process will also help you to remove the obstacles that have stood in your path to change.