Though uncomfortable for the most part, it is inevitable. The reality is that we change every day without even giving it much thought. As we are getting older, our bodies change...sometimes for the better and other times, well you know. We daily change our unmentionables (hopefully) and our wardrobes change with the latest styles and trends. When we get in the mood, we even change our hairstyles. Your outlook on your health improves, so you decide to change the way that you eat and to take better care of yourself. There is a false sense of comfort that comes when we feel like we have some sort of control over our lives.
But what about the bigger things? What about our preconceived notions on how things should be or our reactions and responses to others? What about the plans that we have presumptuously engraved in our minds leaving no room for the Spirit to move? Or even the comfort of doing what you are used to doing, even if it is not the best? How quick are we to change those things about ourselves, the things that really matter? The past few weeks, the Lord has been continuously speaking to my heart about change. I can't lie, when I first realized what He was saying to me, I reverted.."Oh dang Lord, what's going to happen now? I don't think now is the right time! What are you going to change and will it hurt?!" But then when I allowed myself to remember Who God is and that His thoughts towards me are always good, I once again gave Him my trust and buckled up for the ride. Without fail, I was allowed to be in a few circumstances in which I had a choice. A choice to do what I felt comfortable doing or do what I knew that the Lord wanted me to do. There is a big difference in the two and let me tell you, if swallowing your pride was easy, more people would do it! Even in the midst of my new found way of doing things, I had a peace that can only come from being exactly where the Lord wanted me to be, doing exactly what He wanted me to.
What we willingly allow God to change in us shows how much control we actually allow Him to have over our lives. I am not saying that I won't ever pick my comfort over what I know I should do, I am now just a little more aware and willing for the Lord to make the changes in me that He needs to so that can become the woman that He has created me to be. You ever hear of the quote, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Yeah right, I don't buy it!
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