Making change

"Oh, he'll never change"

"I can't change, I'm too old"

"things will never change"

"you can't teach an old dog new tricks"

"change is so hard"

 

Aren't there areas in our lives that need changing?  There sure is in mine.  The problem with those needed changes is that we so often buy into one of the lies....yes, lies....listed above.  The real issue with making those changes is multifold:

• we might be lazy and "comfortable" with the known...even if it needs changing
• we might fear the outcome because it represents something unknown to us...new territory if you will
• change might make some people not like us, or we worry about what they might think
• we don't trust ourselves as capable of making that change
• we want that change now and we know it will not happen overnight
• what may need changing has become a habit, something we think can't be changed
• we haven't fully put our trust in God to help us make that change

Surgery changes something....it's an event.  Changing the sheets on the bed is an event.  Changing the station on the car radio to hear a different kind of music is an event.

 

Changing lives is not an event.

 

 

Anything in our lives that stands in the way of our living as Christ-like men, husbands, and fathers,

can be changed....if we want it to.  Making a change boils down to what choice we make, how bad we want it, and what we will do to achieve it.  Oh....and that one important thing....accepting the fact that it is a process, not an event, and that making changes will only leave us much better people.

 

Are there any areas in your life that need changing?  What would your wife and kids say to that?  What is God whispering to you about that?  Are your answers in sync with what those others would say?

 

Then go for it....go about making change, and prepare to enjoy a better you when the process is done.