Transformation "Becoming more than meets the eye"

I recently flew to Rochester NY and boy are my arms tired j/k. I went there to preach at a youth conference they were having and had a great time while there. I spoke on having a transformation happening in our lives. This is something I believe is pivotal in our lives. I think alot of times we make the approach to the altar or in our seats say the sinners prayer and think that's it. That we were changed forever, but that is not the case(not in the least bit) instead we have made the first step in a very long and arduous journey in this process to becoming different. Paul said that" not that I have already attained but I press toward the high mark of the calling that is Christ Jesus". Paul says this with I believe the thought pattern that their is a process to which we have to go through. That it is not a sprint but a cross country run. In which their is going to be rocks, hills, soft sand, the sun. You will be pitted against the elements (spiritually speaking). It will be tough but as we allow ourselves to go through this metamorphosis or transformation we will be all the better for it. We must do as the eagle and drop our feathers and soar higher than we were previously able to, and not build up more weight on top of us with disobedience, bitterness, stress, and fear. But "cast away every weight that so easily besets us". We must change, we must be better, we must strive for the mark of perfection. Perfection is more than not making mistakes. Perfection is that place where the want and desire to sin is abolished. Then and only then can we get back to the original point that Adam and Eve were apart of; and that is "Walking with God in the cool of the day" That is what I am going toward but I have to go through the process and not quit. Thanks for reading.