A New New Years Resolution

Change, it is inevitable. We are all aware of this. However, most of us fight it and we become upset when it happens in our lives. We act as though we have been betrayed, even though the Bible and life in general promises change.

We don’t want change and we don’t want instability. We want what we know and trust. We value stability: stable jobs, stable relationships, and that which we know and trust. These things can be and are often good. However, change is good too. If we lived completely predictable lives, wouldn’t we be bored? Wouldn’t we limit ourselves? It is certainly confusing and when left to ourselves, I have to wonder if what we really “want” is what is best for us? Do we really know what we even want? Do we really know what we are truly capable of?

I love to read biographies. It is my favorite genre and those men and women who have been successful, those men and women that have books written about them, have been those who have actually embraced change. Many of us would probably view them as unstable and unpredictable at some point in their life. At least up until the point in which they do something wonderful or until they have a book about their life on the shelves of Barnes and Noble.

Those who went before us and who made a difference in this world were those who brought about or embraced change. Whether they created the change or moved with the change that was imposed on their lives, they learned to live in it. The Bible is full of stories of God changing lives. He wants us to change the world for Him. He wants us to make big, bold changes and He has done it by changing the lives of countless men and women before us. Think of David, Paul, Mary or any other of the many men or women who embraced, even if reluctantly, the change God brought about in their lives. If they hadn’t, they would have missed out on the huge blessing of seeing God moving in their lives.

The New Year is the time in which perhaps most of us take the time to think about and make changes. Change in one’s weight is perhaps the most common New Year’s resolution. Others identify goals to make changes in relationships, careers, and life goals. These goals of change are ones that give us the control. That said, what if your goal this year was simply to embrace change? To look for where God is changing your life and then move with it and move with Him? It could be your most exciting year yet!