A New View Of Change 13th Dec 2012
People hate change, or so I hear. Yet the change we generally resist is the kind that we think will make our situation worse rather than better. We eagerly change jobs when it means higher pay and more influence. We happily move to a bigger house in a better neighbourhood. So it's not change in general that we hate; it's change that involves loss-sometimes physical; other times emotional or psychological.
Change is both inevitable and necessary. If everything stays the same, no one is growing. Yet we have a Shepherd who guides us through change and leads us to a better place. Getting there may be difficult, as it was for the Israelites in reaching the Promise Land. They grumbled when their situation got worse rather than better. (Exodus 15:24; Numbers 14:2). Yet we have the example of Jesus. In less than a week, He went from being the leader of many to being abandoned by all.
Not all change is pleasant, but when we're being led to a better place by Someone who loves us, we don't need to fear it.
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