It literally means a change (meta) of form (morph), as in changing from caterpillar to butterfly, except we are talking about the form of our minds. They are meant to be God-formed rather than world-formed. That is why elsewhere Paul instructed us to avoid being conformed to the ways of the world (or being “normal” rather than “weird”), but that we should rather “be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom. 12:2). This is the key to a life without lack, that we would have the mind of Christ—our Shepherd, who knew firsthand the complete and perfect sufficiency of our magnificent God.
