For everything there is a season...
Ecclesiastes 3:1a
During my walks this week I’ve noticed some of the first leaves starting to change colors. The kids are back in school, Labor Day is here, it must be time for the fall season to begin.
Every season brings change. And while I love the fall, I’m not always thrilled with change. Change can be uncomfortable, sad, difficult. No one is immune to the effects of change.
It seems life is full of constant change. Just when you feel as though everything is working, you’ve got your routine down, something changes.
While everyone’s life is full of change, believers know that God, who never changes, is with us each step of the journey. Romans 8:29 reminds us that through process of change we are being conformed into the image of Jesus. And the verse just before that reminds us that even in most difficult change God is at work, making it good in our lives.
God’s plan for our life is good (Jeremiah 29:11). Therefore, allow that change in your life to produce the growth and maturity God wants to see. And always remember the God who never changes, who’s love never fails, will be with you even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). This week meditate on the promise of God, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you." (Hebrews 13:5)
