Embracing Transformation as We Enter 2025

We are fast approaching the end of 2024. Over the past four years, we have seen so much happen in our world, yet I sense hope rising in our nation. What once seemed dark and gloomy now shows rays of sunshine on the horizon.

Have you felt like you’ve been fighting just to survive these past few years? I have. It’s been difficult to dream or even believe that there is something worth pressing toward. I wouldn’t call it hopelessness—it’s more like struggling to find your footing amidst great change.

I want to encourage you. As we approach 2025, now is the time to become a “fruit inspector” of your life. What does that mean? It means taking a moment to assess your life. You don’t have to stay in fight-or-flight mode just to survive. Something has shifted, and it’s as if every promise is now coming into fulfillment (Ezekiel 36:26-28). Look at what you are investing in—what is producing fruit and what is not. Whatever is not producing fruit cannot come with you into this next season.

Think about the process of a butterfly. They undergo a complete metamorphosis. One stage is called the pupa, when the caterpillar transforms into a beautiful butterfly.

The process isn’t pretty. There are four stages:

1. Egg: The butterfly lays eggs, which hatch into small caterpillars.

2. Caterpillar: The caterpillars eat constantly and grow, shedding their skin several times.

3. Pupa/Chrysalis: The caterpillar forms a hard shell for protection. Inside, transformation occurs. This is a season of transition, growth, and preparation. To emerge, the butterfly must break free. Without doing so, it cannot survive or fly.

4. Butterfly: Emergence into beauty, freedom, and full potential.

I believe our nation—and each of us individually—is about to experience great transformation. You are being molded for what God created you to be. There will be struggle and uncertainty, but on the other side is complete transformation into something beautiful.

Don’t fear the process. There was a time in my life when I resisted change. I fought it, feared it, and stayed stuck. But change is inevitable. As children of God, we don’t have to control the process—we simply need to lean into it, trusting God to shape us into His image. Cooperation with His work in us allows Him to bring about a beautiful transformation.

As things shift, relax and enjoy the process. Trust your Father! Change is good. God is not removing the good from your life; He is pruning what holds you back so you can step into your full potential.

2 Corinthians 3:18 – “And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continue to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever-increasing splendor, from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.”

I am ready to see this transformation! I am ready to shed the protective shell and reveal something glorious. The dreams in your life are from God. Allow Him to transform you so you can receive what He has prepared. Move into the change, shed the hard shell, and step into the larger space where you can spread your wings. Caterpillars cannot fly—but butterflies are free to soar.

It’s time to let go. It’s time to be transformed. It’s time to step into freedom and soar into the destiny God has prepared for you.

Blessings in the process! It’s going to be glorious.

Tammy