Positive Change

"... let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is." Romans 12:2

Change can be frightening at times because it entails a breaking away from what is familiar in order to step into something new. That new thing may be a relocation to another state, joining a new club, meeting new friends, or trying a new hair style. Changes can also run the gamut from change for the better to change for the worse.

Think of how giving in to ungodly acts can change someone. Consider the person who steals from an employer, thus loses a job due to what their boss justly regards as a crime. Or what about the individual who gives in to lust by getting too close to a member of the opposite sex, then having an extra-marital affair which ends up destroying their marriage?

God does call us to change; to open our wings like a butterfly who has transformed from a caterpillar and broken free of his cocoon. God desires this beautiful transformation so that we can live up to our potential He calls us to be new creations who thirst for God's good and pleasing ways. Our Creator wants our desire to be to please Him, not man, because what society may deem as okay, is not always okay in God's eyes. Man may say it's acceptable to have a little fling as long as no one finds out, but God defines adultery as sin. So too does man often support a spirit of vengeance by wanting to return jab for jab and blow for blow, but God calls us to love one another and treat each other as we wish to be treated.

While change can be disconcerting at times, there is no need to fear it where our Heavenly Father is concerned. He is our loving Dad who only wants what is best for us so that we may not only be approved in His sight, but live more joyously and peacefully.

Take His hand and make a positive change today.

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Contributed by Melanie Schurr (Copyright (c)2005 Melanie Schurr) Melanie Schurr is author of "Ecstatic Living Ecstatic Loving: A Christian marriage manual and Life-guide," "Son Salutations" and "Daily Contemplations," which are a collection of read-one-a-day modern inspirations. For more information, visit www.MelanieSchurr.com