Monday, May 29, 2006

Change is Good?

I have heard the saying before that "Change is Good". Part of me believes that is true. It isn't Scriptural, even though some may quote it as such but it is really what our life in Christ is. I love to be comfortable, who doesn't? When I am comfortable I like things to stay just the way they are so that I can bask in that comfort. I don't have to put forth much effort in anything when I am comfortable. I can stay the way I am and things will never change. Or will they? When I get too comfortable, life can become monotonous. I begin to move and speak the same way to the same people and do the same things day after day. It is much like the robot society. There is no direction and no purpose. Life can get into a proverbial "rut".
Christ loves us so much the way we are but He also loves us too much to leave us there. But why can't others change? Why must it always be me? Jesus is calling me to "act" and not "re-act" to the crossroads in my life. He is calling me to be obedient. Others obedience is up to them and the call He has on their life. Why can't they hear His voice? Why must I always hear it and have the responsibility to be obedient? Why is it up to me to love others unconditionally when their love to me imposes so many conditions?
My crossroad now calls me to love and support my family unconditionally. Judgement is not for me. I will act as Jesus would. I will hate the sin and love the sinner. I will reflect His love to others that seem to have forgotten how much He loves them. He has made me the conduit of His purpose in their lives.
These changes make me uncomfortable. This life I have to live isn't cushy. Then again, as I have shared before, "God is more concerned with our character than He is our comfort."

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