Change the Kaleidoscope

Is change always good? Why do we resist change? Is God a God of change? Doesn't He stay the same?

God is a God of change though He never changes. Malachi (The great Italian prophet) quotes God, "I the LORD do not change." But yet isn't He the God of change?

So much of the Bible is about change. God changed Abram's name, worldview, family, land, and even faith. God changed the descendants of Jacob from servants to owners. God changed a prince of Egypt into a wilderness shepherd into a leader of a nation. He changed another shepherd into a warrior and then into a king. It seems that God is always changing people's lives - and mine is no different.

But, then why do we resist change?

Shouldn't we eagerly anticipate change in our lives? Or is it that we are so smug in our current situation that we think we don't need change?

Life changes happen together. (There is actually a scale that measures the changes in some one's life and sets a quotient for when changes in worldview and faith occur)

Whether it is a tragedy or a positive event like the birth of a child or a marriage; change brings about a reordering of our lives. Like a kaleidoscope. Sometimes we need these changes and sometimes we need to rethink our perspective on life.

What is God shaking up in your life? How is your worldview being reordered? What new colors and shapes are coming into view? The question is not, "Why me?" The question is, "What do You want?" (This is not to say that we can't ask God to spare us from the trial or tribulation that seems to engulf us as a massive wave.)

May God turn the dial on my kaleidoscope, may He reorder my worldview.