Change..

Change is an inevitable part of life. We may not like it or want it, but, nonetheless we will all face change in our lives.
Many try and get through life without changing or letting anything change around them. They, basically, hate change. But change will come and many times be forced upon us. Nobody, I believe, enjoys change, but we do have to deal with it. Whether it is a change in career, change in location, change in family dynamics, change in economical enviroment, change in our financial situation, change in age, change in our bodies- everything changes. To try and maintain a status quo throughout your life is impossible. Change is guaranteed to stay!
What is required:

• Flexibilty
• Adaptability
• Endurability
• Character
• Vision

But just knowing we face change every day and preparing for it is one thing, but then we have to overcome our own insecurities and shortcomings. I have found that even when I do embrace the changes that are before me, still the whole frame of my character has to constantly be managed, in a sense, to deal with that change.

These changes we face, big or small, have to and will be pulled through all our 'filters' we have built around our insecurities. But we must face them at whatever cost we feel to our own souls, because it is only by facing, enduring and embracing change that we experience the growth, take advantage of the risk and overcome in this life.

In our own life, as a famly, we have had to embrace challenging change. Moving continents has been, at my age, quite a daunting experience. But God requires us to change in the light of His positioning us for destiny. Contrary to critics, I don't change for what I personally think is personal benefit, I look only for the change that the Lord requires of me, because that will be His perfect will for my life. Personally, I hate change, but have found that embracing it causes me to grow in character and in the elements required for future change.

Change..

I'm amazed at how easily we judge each other based on our outward evaluation of actions. Twice John in Revelation bowed to an angel and was told not to, but to worship God. Yet, he still got to see the revelation of Jesus Christ,as revealed by the Spirit. You see, our Father is more concerned with our hearts attitude than our "stupid" things we do sometimes in the flesh. Paul says that we ought not to regard men after the flesh anymore, but after the spirit. But, still, we are constantly scrutinizing and trying to trip up each other in the 'workings' of the way we do things, the way we say things, and the way we approach things. The question is, are we coming under the Headship of Christ, under His Lordship?Are we truly worshipping Him in Spirit and in Truth?We will demand the correct protocol, yet miss the 'weightier' things that is being impressed upon us by the Spirit of God. How devastating our own insecurities can be when they are threatened! Yes! How we do things are important, but isn't the measure of that, that I do them by the law that is written upon the tablets of my heart by the Spirit of the living God. Oh! May the walk of the Spirit be manifest in us all. May we all be led by the Spirit. May we all leave the judgement to Lord of the spirits who bring to light all our motives and intentions on that Day.

Small Straws In A Soft Wind by Marsha Burns--November 20, 2007:
"Changes will begin to occur in the spirit realm before you ever see the physical manifestation. This will create a strange spiritual atmosphere that is unfamiliar and perhaps even disconcerting. But, I say to you that it is important that you maintain your equilibrium and poise of soul. Stay calm and trust Me in these times of transition. Let Me lead you through in perfect peace. You must also let go of things past before you can embrace what is ahead. Be fluid as you yield quickly to the pressure of the circumstances that move you in the flow of My will," says the Lord. Jeremiah 17:7- 8 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit."
Bill and Marsh BurnsFaith TabernacleEmail: ft111@spiritofprophecy.com

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