CHANGE: Always Present, but Often Hated

Every time I heard the word "Change" in my younger years, I hated it. Change? Why? Why can't things stay the same, the way they always have been? 

I hated learning new things, going new places, making new friends, and anything else that provoked my fear of the unknown. 

I've always been fearful of everything, and change enhanced the fears.

Unknown anything was scary, because it was foreign. I didn't want to have to change the way I lived my life for the unknown. 

But, we aren't called to live this life the same, day in and day out. We can't. It's not apart of us to stay the same. We grow up from a baby to an adult. We make decisions that change our life in an instant. And yet, when it comes down to it, we don't want to change. Foreign is scary. It always has been and always will be. 

Unless we learn to do one thing.

Change our PERSPECTIVE.

Change the way we look at the unknown as a positive not a negative response to living. It's hard, and it takes time, especially if you are an introvert, but it's possible. I've done it before. I just have to remember to live on the positive side of change. Remind myself, in order to grow, I have to change, because change is the only way I can get from now to where I'm supposed to be.

A follower of Jesus, a writer for the Lord, a gospel sharer to the broken, a stronger version of myself, not just physically but spiritually. I was not called to be what I am today. I know I was called to be a warrior for Christ. And to do that.

I. 
Have. 
To. 
Change. 

Be Transformed by Jesus. 
To be a light. 
To Shine for Christ.

"By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going." Hebrews 11:8

I know it will be hard. It's been a trek to get to where I am today, but it will be worth it in the end. Because at the end I will look more like Jesus and less like myself. And that's the ultimate goal, isn't it? To be exactly who God wants you to be, to go where He leads, and to know He's got you?

The path will be long; success will not occur immediately. It will be gradual. But that is what makes the change worth it. Why the end is so rewarding, because it took blood, pain, and every ounce of will power and strength to change and transform. 

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and prefect." Romans 12:2

"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." Philippians 3:20-21

"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." 2 Corinthians 3:18

"Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2

So.  

What say you? Will you continue to go on living your life the way it is or will you decide to step out into the unknown? Face the fear head on. And fight onward for God's glory. Ever chasing after the path He is leading you to go and never looking back at the demons that could end it all. 

We are all warriors in our own way. 
Decide to accept the gifts God has given you. 
Accept that change is a good thing. 

And above all else, live to Glorify God through your life, through the changes, the good and the bad. 

LIVE. TRANSFORMED. FOR. CHRIST.