Trusting God in Life's Changes

Change can be a very good thing. Change is inevitable. Nothing stays the same (Genesis 8:22). There is no growth without change. Some of the greatest things we learn come from pain and difficult times.

How can we allow God to help us grow though change?

Look for God in the change. Don't run from change, seek God. "You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13).

Ask for wisdom. "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him" (James 1:5).

Listen for God's whisper. "Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it" (Job 1:12). Be still so you can hear that gentle whisper of God.

Don't ask why, but what. What do you want to show me? What do you want me to learn and do?

Every situation is an education. Don't be a victim, be a victor. Don't be a whiner, be a winner. Grow closer to the character of God. "...we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance, character, and character hope" (Romans 5:3-4).

Why does life have to be so hard? God wants to change us and we resist change.

Do you resist growth God wants to bring in your life?

Focus on what never changes.

God's love. "The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love" (Jeremiah 31:3).

God's Word. "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God stands forever" (Isaiah 40:8).

God's plans. "The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations" (Psalm 33:11).

Don't face change alone. "Two are better than one, because they have good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up...Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand them. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiasted 4:9-10, 12). Accept help from others, don't withdraw and get away. Pride goes before a fall. Grow together.

You need to become a promise person. There are over 7000 promise God wants us to experience. "...being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6).

Tell God that you will trust Him no matter what! "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job13:15). Hold everything God gives you with an open hand. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.

The pain we go through is not for nothing ~ God is refining our character, making us in His image.

Not my will, but Your will be done Father.