Seasons Of Change

Have you ever considered that perhaps we become too accustomed to things as they are? We know where every piece of furniture is, we pretty much know what will be on the menu throughout the week, our schedule is pretty well know in advance- we are creatures of habit!

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, after all, if we had to learn everything new every day then we would live in constant confusion, never accomplishing much of anything.

But, consider this: If we become so ingrained in arena of familiarity and comfort that we resist whenever the Lord is trying to lead us to a new level of faith, then we have become entirely too established (another word for "stuck").

I believe that each New Year is a golden opportunity to reflect and to plan. To reflect upon the previous 12 months, realistically evaluating whether or not we made progress; and to plan ahead, prayerfully seeking the Lord's direction so that we might become all that He is leading us to be.

Growing in grace will challenge us and it will stretch us, but just as surely as the seasons of nature change, so we must be able and willing to change in order to accommodate the will and purpose of God for our life.

His desire is to lead us into new levels of experience in Him, but in order to realize this, we must be willing to step beyond the things that have become so "comfortable" to us.

But isn't that the essence of faith? Forgetting and reaching?

God bless you as you take a journey of faith into 2010 and all that it holds for you.