DOORS OF CHANGE

…all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my CHANGE come – Job 14:14b

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them – Isaiah 42:16 (NIV)

Doors signify places of choice and of CHANGE – the choice to change! There has to be a CHOICE to move forward or to maintain status-quo. The Unchanging Changer is willing and able to guide you through unfamiliar paths, and lead you through the CHANGE PROCESS. Most people fail in life because they are unwilling to make changes. Stubbornness and unwillingness to change is the energy of fools – said a wise man!

Perhaps you are right now at a DOOR of CHANGE and do not know! It may even seem like one door had just closed, and you are about to give up in frustration, despondency and depression. God never closes one door without opening another one, but you must be willing to change, in order to walk through that new door that’s about to open. You cannot stand still. You must go forward and be open to those adjustments that God has for you or is calling you to make.

Change will compel you out of the comfort of the familiar and into the discomfort of the unfamiliar. While it can temporarily turn your world upside down, when you handle it in faith and wisdom, it would strengthen you to face your greatest fears and deal with those things that had been robbing you of joy, peace, and progress.

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power” (Alan Cohen). That is even truer when God authors the change. Zacchaeus discovered that at a stage along his life’s journey, and he never regretted it! He took the pains of leaving the comfort of his wealthy, but corrupt life, and ran and climbed to embrace the unfamiliar and lonely path to encounter the Prophet passing through Jericho, and he didn’t regret! He pursued change to the hilt and transacted his past of sin and selfishness for a future of salvation and righteousness!

How do you see change?
What is your attitude to change?
Do you believe in change?
Do you want to contemplate the prospect of change?
Do you look at change as a threat or as a basis for hope?
Do you look out for the opportunities of growth that change holds?
Are you willing to learn the lessons that change comes to teach?

CHANGE can be your friend or foe, depending on how you see and use it. Running away and trying to avoid change turns it into an adversary. Welcoming, embracing and learning from change, makes it one of your greatest allies. You don’t have to be afraid of change or fear what lies ahead. You need not be a victim of change. One change makes way for the next, giving you the opportunity to grow. The Lord promises to never forsake His own, to guide you along unfamiliar paths, to turn the darkness into light before you and make the rough places smooth. Are you ready to access that DOOR of CHANGE?