Making New Things Good In His Word-8-29-16
As my youngest goes away
to University this fall I find I do not like the changes that God has given me,
it is hard to acknowledge the time of growing my children and training them up
is gone; but I know that I must accept them and walk in His path for me.
And God will wipe away every tear from
their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall
be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat
on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write,
for these words are true and faithful.” Revelation 21:4-5
Changes; they are not all bad, but it is often
hard for us to accept that change must come. Some things are easy to change;
new clothes, shoes, cars. Other things mean a whole new start and it is not
always to change up what we were into, or what we were doing and start with a
new plan.
That is just what God is in the business of doing
with people; from Adam to Moses, there is proof of His making change, and from
then on there are too many to number! Whoever said that God does not change His
mind or plans is not reading my Bible!
He is a God of compassion and because of this He
has taken upon Himself to move people to produce submission in their hearts
toward Him.
I mean this wholeheartedly my God has changed things
as powerful as allowing His chosen anointed king to be captured along with the
rest of the people to prove the point of their need to obey Him; He has also
done as small a change as having compassion and allowing people to continue
walking their path just with a slight alteration because they have shown
repentance toward Him.
You will keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3
So why do people buck change? Change is good! It
just sometimes hurts a little to be stripped away from our comfort zones and be
pushed into a new zone that is really going to be better and often makes us
stronger and more prosperous in our lives toward God and men. In other words;
both physically and spiritually, we grow when we are processing change in our
lives. That is when we allow God to direct the changes. We trust Him to know what they are doing, what they need, and where they will go. They must walk in their consequences.
What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their
plans from the Lord,
who do their evil deeds in the dark!“ The Lord can’t see us,” they say.
who do their evil deeds in the dark!“ The Lord can’t see us,” they say.
“He doesn’t
know what’s going on!” How
foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than
you, the clay! Should the created thing say of the one who made
it, “He didn’t make me”? Does a jar ever say, “The
potter who made me is stupid”? Isaiah 29:16-17a
When God brings change into our lives we need to
embrace the change; trust Him to guide us and follow His direction.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean
not in your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will
direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6
Why do we dislike change so
much? I believe it is because we are set in our ways, we like to keep the
control in our lives and when things change it means we are no longer the one
in charge. Take for instance the growth of our children to the point of adulthood.
We train up our children in the way they should go but when its time for them
to do just that, ‘go’ we do not want to let them go off on their own and make their
own minds up about things. We have to allow them to be their own selves and yet
we want to tell them what to do at every turn. It is time for us to stop being
God. Ouch, did I say that? Well yes, it is a god complex that sees another one
I guess. I have a habit of trying to make the lives of my family walk the way I
want them to walk, talk the way I want them to talk and think the way that I
want them to think; but God has them in His hands and He is in control, not me.
Once I realize and accept that God has their best interest in mind and remember
that my husband and I have truly trained them up in the way they should go,
then I can pretty must rest knowing He will never leave them nor forsake them.
So even though their change
is to make their own choices now, my change is to pray that they keep focused
on Him.
He will keep in perfect
peace whose mind is stayed on Him. Trust God and He will direct your path;
their part is to trust Him to direct them not me.
As the school year starts
and your kids begin to learn anew thing, the time has come for us parents,
aunts and uncles or grandparents to trust that we have a God who will go with
our kids to classes. What we can do now is change our position from the one who
walks with them telling them what to do to the one who encourages them with
little notes of faith and love and hope to find in pockets and back packs and
cars, or emails and texts. Though they may fuss about them I assure you they
will get the words in their hearts and minds and know that God and you love
them.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put
away childish things. 1 Corinthians 5:11
It
may be time for us to put away childish things, games and bubble gum are traded
for cars and jobs; when we grow we have to let go of the past and move on to
what is in front of us that we may be strong in His power and might.
Then
we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about
by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to
trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead,
we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like
Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He
makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special
work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and
growing and full of love. Ephesians 4:14-16
It is my prayer today that each of us, both
parent, or non parent, child or adult will truly work together with God keeping
our minds and hearts geared to here what He has to say to us each day; when
there is change or when things stay the same; that we put our trust, hope and
love in Him and His direct line of path to walk. We need to let the new
beginnings come in our lives that we may walk in the promise land, and enjoy it
goodness! If Israel had not
left Egypt
Dear Heavenly father, help us to embrace the
change as You bring it into our lives and to walk gracefully in the path You
have put before us no matter how far off of the one we thought you were putting
there. Help us to know Your voice and
follow it, as we are your sheep. Keep us obediently humble,In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested reading: Ephesians 4:1-32, Colossians
3:1-25, Isaiah 30:1-30, and John 13:1-38.
