Romans 12:1-2 (NIV) (focus verse 2b)
…Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
“We can know the will of God by meeting the necessary qualifications” and that ability necessitates the transformation (“transfiguration” as in Matthew 17:2) of our mind. “The thought processes of the renewed mind are based upon a new point of reference (see Isaiah 55:7-9). Are we ready and willing to learn a new way of thinking? Or do we resist? Are we humble enough to accept the fact that we don’t know what we don’t know? Humility is the threshold to understanding.