Greetings Dear Reader,
“Father, please show me my sin.”
I do not like change in things that I have become accustomed
to being a certain way. I find too much
security in consistency. In truth change
is what I should always be working toward.
I want routine and commonness in places I should be hoping for constant
change. My security in the normal is
false and limits my clinging to the security that is in Christ.
I realize that this is my desire to know what to expect and
to control my circumstances. Control is
an illusion created by my fallen self for the purpose protection. In truth when I let go of the need for things
to be the same I do much better. If I am
to follow Christ I must accept that things must always change as I move from self-centeredness
to Christ-centeredness.
If I truly believe I am on a journey then I should expect
constant change. I should embrace that
as the miles slip by the scenery will become different. What I should be working toward is accepting
that the change in things draws me closer to home. It makes me more able to see Christ is the constant
in the change and the closer I draw to him the more secure I will become in
him.
This simple truth strikes one of the deepest chords of fear
in me. The echoes of my past demand that
I control the consistency and routine of my life. I must ignore them and accept that constant change
is the nature of the universe. Following Christ demands that I accept that it
is a journey and things will always be changing.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store."
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