Change

A love hate relationship.

Somewhere in time is right now.  Things change, they always do.  If you asked me if I like change, I will tell you yes, I do.  This week it came to me I don’t like all change.  I like change that adds to life.  A new job, a new adventure, a new car, a new friendship, a new family member, the things that add to life I like. Adding things is fun. 

This week I have been faced with the thought of losing things and I realized that is not the type of change I enjoy.  I lost a job a few years back and that was very stressful.  God does promise to supply all of our needs, but someone I tend to think that promise is dependent upon my ability to work.  My faith should not be limited in that way.  This week we again faced the loss of one income.  There is nothing you can do in this economy to stop that from happening, but when it does you have to adjust.

What can we eliminate? What is really important?  Should we move from our home into a smaller apartment? Should we move to another state in hopes the job market is better there? We haven’t completely figured it all out yet and maybe we won’t need to.  God may want us to downsize and economize or He may just bring another job and drastic change will not be necessary. 

I wish I knew the future.  I wish God would take a pen and write on the sky – Carrie, this is what I need you to do, but He doesn’t do that.  There is a song by Third Day and the chorus goes like this: Give me a revelation, show me what to do.  I’ve been trying to find my way and I haven’t got a clue. Tell me should I stay here, or do I need to move.  Give me a revelation because I am nothing without you. 

That has been my song this week.   Lord give me a revelation, show me what to do.  The message from God is simply to trust.   God in his word has promised to supply all our needs from his riches and glory.  He says he has a plan for us, a plan to prosper us and not to harm us, to give a future and a hope. If that is what God says, then why do I find it so hard to trust? 

I thought about this.  Does God change?  Does he have to adjust his promises for this generation? Does he apply his promises to some and not others?

Malachi 3:6(a) (NIV) “I the Lord do not change.”

James 1:17 (NIV) “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights: who does not change like shifting shadows.”

God does not change like shifting shadows.  Every good and perfect gift comes from Him.

My love hate relationship with change seems to be tied to trust.  When I am the catalyst for change, I like it.  When change comes unexpectedly and I have to trust God to have a purpose and a plan, I find that much harder. 

My somewhere in time is today, right now.  I am going to love all change and trust that God has a purpose for it all and when the good and perfect gifts come, I will know they come from God and I had nothing to do with it.  Maybe that is my revelation.

Third Day - Revelation [Official Music Video] from providentlabelgroup on GodTube.com.