Change with Integrity
Change is inevitable, whether you like it or not. It's up to you to drive it or it will drive you crazy! Not changing with the times will soon render you irrelevant. Change is intricately linked to your dream and how you get there. Consequently, between you and your dream is not only a chronological gap but also a transformation gap. What you experience in this gap, transforms you to fit the dream. Further, the more you learn, the more you change. If you are taking life lessons to heart, there is no way you will not change for the better.
However, one thing to remember: not all change is beneficial. Not all new ideas are good ideas. In the Bible, Abraham was told by God to go to a place He would show him[1]. This made the leadership of God inseparable to the change in his life- as it does in yours. Before you effect change, identify the things that must remain unchanged. These core values will serve as anchors and campuses for navigating the maze of multiple change possibilities. When choices are complex and the climate foggy, you need the unchanging to turn to. God's timeless values and principles provide this kind of consistency. Just as water remains water when poured into containers of varied shapes, change should happen without the danger of compromising your identity.
Change for the better always happens when we are obedient to God. Abraham obeyed God therefore his station and mission in life radically changed[2]. If you are hearing from God, something will change. God is a God of constant change and transformation. So don't despise change. In fact, the difference you want to make that has been elusive in the past, can be achieved if you add something new to what you do.
Change is inevitable, whether you like it or not. It's up to you to drive it or it will drive you crazy! Not changing with the times will soon render you irrelevant. Change is intricately linked to your dream and how you get there. Consequently, between you and your dream is not only a chronological gap but also a transformation gap. What you experience in this gap, transforms you to fit the dream. Further, the more you learn, the more you change. If you are taking life lessons to heart, there is no way you will not change for the better.
However, one thing to remember: not all change is beneficial. Not all new ideas are good ideas. In the Bible, Abraham was told by God to go to a place He would show him[1]. This made the leadership of God inseparable to the change in his life- as it does in yours. Before you effect change, identify the things that must remain unchanged. These core values will serve as anchors and campuses for navigating the maze of multiple change possibilities. When choices are complex and the climate foggy, you need the unchanging to turn to. God's timeless values and principles provide this kind of consistency. Just as water remains water when poured into containers of varied shapes, change should happen without the danger of compromising your identity.
Change for the better always happens when we are obedient to God. Abraham obeyed God therefore his station and mission in life radically changed[2]. If you are hearing from God, something will change. God is a God of constant change and transformation. So don't despise change. In fact, the difference you want to make that has been elusive in the past, can be achieved if you add something new to what you do.
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