The Certainty of Change

March 2020

One of the certainties of life is that there will always be change. Change from day to night happens every 24 hours. Change from one month to another runs to schedule. Change from one season to the next can be variable in timing but it is inevitable that winter will give way to spring and summer is followed by the colourful fall.

We all have events or conditions in life that we wish would change in a day and other more pleasant options that we would be happy to enjoy for a year or a lifetime.

But when you think about it, a totally predictable life with no variable or change would result in a lifeless accepting of the inevitable rather than enjoyment and anticipation.

On the other hand, too much change undermines our ability to cope in life.  The result culminates in anxiety and dread. We can get to the point where we are unable to make the simplest of decisions for fear we get it wrong. 

When we read the Bible, particularly the Psalms and the Letters to the Christians in the New Testament there is the repeating message - don't be afraid! Jesus said to the disciples in John 14:27,  "My peace I give to you, not like the world peace but a peace that is beyond your understanding." This promise is one of the constants in life.

James, Jesus' brother wrote in the first chapter of his encouragement to the Christians of that time that were very aware of opposition and uncertainty that if they needed wisdom in making their decisions they should ask God who was eager to supply all that wisdom available, as long as they remained confident in His way and did not waver back and forth - "I know this is right"; "Oh, I am not sure any more"; "Yes, I think it is the way to go!" When God speaks to your heart the way forward determine to stay with His instructions. He is the only power that can ensure success for all his instructions.

In the Book of Isaiah God declared ~

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Ephesians 3:20 encourages us with these words ..

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Remember always that while this world may spin and change, when we have committed our way to God and invited Jesus to rule and reign in our heart, believing that He died for our sins and took our punishment upon his body for us, we can confidently declare the words of God's Word and have faith that they will rule in every circumstance and season of our lives.

David and Cherie Rodway