Change

I went on a course today at work called "Managing Change." My employer has recently merged with another company and therefore there is change on the horizon. Some people's working patterns will change and others will be doing different jobs with new responsibilities. Staff will react to this in differing ways, some will embrace change and some will resist it. There will be some who will look back on what they perceive as the good old days and will remember those days with fondness and not want to move forward and change.

As Christians we can too face this problem. We all know that there are changes that need to be made in our individual and Church lifes but we can be very resistant to change. After God rescued the Israelites from Pharaoh it didn't take them long to start complaining and saying that they wanted to go back to Egypt. They seemed to have had rather selective memory about the past they left behind in Egypt. It suddenly seemed very appealing and they quickly forgot about the hardships they had endured under Pharaoh.

How do we react when we feel God wants changes in our lifes? Do we rejoice that He is refining us and changing us to be conformed to His image or do we resist and moan? Lets ensure that with God's grace that we embrace change and grew in our relationship with Christ.