Good Afternoon!
While I was making breakfast this morning, I was singing a song that we sang in church on Sunday called, "Found In You" (love it) and one of the verses has this line:
Give us a greater glimpse of a never-changing God.
Well, I caught myself accidentally singing 'EVER-changing' (instead of NEVER) and had to stop and laugh for a moment. Oops! I know full well that the bible is clear on this matter. Malachi 3:6a "For I the Lord do not change." Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." 2 Timothy 2:13 "If we are faithless, He remains faithful for He cannot deny himself." Isaiah 40:28 "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding no one can fathom."
My God is perfect and does not change. I, however, need daily changing! It's me who is the ever-changing one! The bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:16 "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." As I was pondering these thoughts it occurred to me that IF we are not seeing change (renewal, growth, refreshing) in our lives, I think the reason WHY can be summed up into three explanations.
1. You are perfect like God and do not need change.
2. You do not realize that you are stagnant (not moving) and therefore not changing.
3. You don't want to change and choose to stay the same.
An interesting point about the last observation reminds me of a very famous quote by Mikhail Gorbachev "If you don't more forward, sooner or later you're going to move backward."
Change usually isn't easy.
Change isn't popular.
Change isn't always fun.
But the next question is... how much energy are you wasting trying to resist change?
As for me, I'm learning to welcome change.
My personality is not laid back and very 'go with the flow'.
I have to work at being flexible.
I have to work at embracing change.
I'm happy to give up everything that has been holding me back from the great things that God has for me, for my family, for my marriage, for our finances, for my friendships, for my church and on and on... I want the very best that God has for all of these areas and Heaven help me if I stand in the way of these changes.
My life looks sort of unrecognizable to me lately.
There has been SO much change taking place and I absolutely love it.
My physical body is changing (thanks to THRIVE).
My walk with God is growing (thanks to having energy now to actually do things).
I choose to be Ever-changing and NOT never-changing.
I choose to THRIVE.
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