Change

Change is one of those love/hate relationships. It can be the most difficult thing to go through. Change disrupts what was, and sets what is on a different path. I have sung songs regarding change, how a change is going to come. I've heard sermons about how change is here, and in the midst of this declaration, I wonder if people are really ready for whatever the change will be. We get so pumped up with this declaration, but when change gets here, too many of us resist it. I am guilty of this myself. I have declared change is coming, only to find out that is not what I wanted. My expectancy of change was shattered. And at this point where I would be happy that I have escaped the what was, I felt worse than before.

It is the point of desperation, frustration, and vulnerability that we are so ready to flee our current situations. So, naturally when we hear change is coming, we get excited because we view it as an outlet...and it very well may be! But, I am learning just because change is coming doesn't mean it will yield a 'cloud 9' situation. We have to be ready for however change comes in our lives. It will involve embracing a new way of doing things, another level of thinking, and a renewing of our minds in order to successfully embrace real change. Real change does not come by osmosis. Sometimes the Lord will send change to disrupt our state of comfortability and to push us to something greater...higher heights and deeper depths. A deeper relationship with Him. A thrusting into our destiny. If you pray, God will help you embrace change. He knows our make-up, our build. Change is not easy, but with Christ it is easier.