Time To Make That Change

Everything must change,
nothing stays the same.
Everyone must change
nothing stays the same.

The young become the old,
mysteries do unfold.
'Cause that's the way of time
nothing and no one goes unchanged…

(George Benson)

 We live in a world of constant change…we change jobs, we change schools, politicians change their stance and tactics, athlete’s change from one team to another, and every four to eight years this country changes presidents. Change is not only constant, it is inevitable….No matter how hard one fights against change, change is inescapable.

A man’s refusal to change leaves him in a time-warp that will ultimately lead to his failure to succeed any further in his natural life; it can also lead to his destruction. The same fact holds true in our spiritual life.

The Bible teaches: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” 2^nd Corinthians 5:17

The goal of every believer is to become more Christ-like each day. Doing so means that first our thinking must change. It is counter-productive to keep our mind stayed on Jesus when we try to function in our walk as Christian’s with our old worldly psyche. What’s in a man’s heart will always reveal his thoughts. (Ref. Proverbs 23:7)

More importantly, we must transform our thoughts from that of one to be served, to that of a servant. (Ref. Philippians 2:5-7)

Change cannot happen until we are willing to completely surrender our own will, and exchange it for Gods’ will in our life.

  One of the first deacons in the Bible was a man named Stephen. There came a day when he being full of the Holy Ghost, began preaching Christ to crowd of unbelieving Jews. They were so angered at his message that they dragged him outside of the city gates to stone him. We learn that they removed their clothes as to not get any blood on them and they laid their clothing at the feet of one Saul. (Ref. Acts 7:51-60)

Saul, who once considered himself to be a Pharisee of Pharisee’s; strongly persecuted the church. Any persons whom he found to be followers of Christ were immediately throne into prison bondage and put to death. Not long after the stoning of Stephen, Saul was traveling to Damascus to search out and murder more Christians.

But Saul had an encounter with Christ on his journey that would change his life forever. This same Saul would later have his named changed to Paul, and would become one of the greatest leaders in the history of all Christendom. In order for his legacy to be forever etched in the annals of the Church of Christ, Paul had to first be willing to change his entire belief system; by totally surrendering his life to the same Christ whom he once refuted, and whose church he persecuted.
(Ref. Acts chapter 9)

Paul was willing to make a change by placing himself in the hands of the Father who would mold him into a powerful Apostle for the cause of Christ.

If you desire to effect change in your own life, then you must place your it in the hands of God and allow him to mold you to serve. (Ref. Jeremiah 18:1-6)

So go ahead…..make that change.