Worship Start Day 9
Do you want to be changed?
I love change, but many people do not even like change. I want to be changed, but many would prefer everything to stay the same.
Do you want to be changed?
In John 5, there is a paralyzed man lying beside a pool that was thought to have healing powers. Yet, because of his condition, he was unable to get to the pool at the right moments.
Jesus shows up:
John 5:6
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"
The man begins answering by explaining his problem instead of answering the question.
Jesus stops asking and gives him a choice—listen or remain.
"Get up, take up your bed, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
I believe there are many places in our lives that God wants to heal, but we are often more concerned with explaining the problem than listening to the One who is greater than the problem.
Over my life, I have silenced many convictions that God has placed on my heart with logic, defiance, and busyness. Then I bemoan the problem even more.
Do you want to be changed?
Are you truly willing for God to step into the darkened places of your life and shine His exposing light on your festering greed, envy, pride, and selfishness?
Do you want to be changed, or do you simply want to be mad at the problem?
Are you willing to experience the painful process that change brings, or would you rather just learn to live with it?
We say each Sunday, "Change me in this sacred moment," but do we really want to be changed? Are we truly willing to give God control over our relationships, finances, affections, careers, dreams, and goals?
Are we truly open to Him changing our hearts, opening our eyes to the problems of this world, and letting us hear the pain around us?
It is easy to say, yet difficult to live:
Change me!
Are you willing to be changed? Changed people do not stay the same. It will affect your time, your resources, your treasures, and your aspirations.
