12- 08- 10 MI DAILY DEVOTION (John 3:3)
CHANGE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
“Christ and sin are rivals for the soul of man, and here we are told how they both make their court to it, to have the innermost and uppermost place in it. The design of this representation is to set before us life and death, good and evil; and there needs no more than a fair stating of the case to determine us which of those to choose, and surrender our hearts to.
They are both brought in making entertainment for the soul, and inviting it to accept of the entertainment; concerning both we are told what the issue will be; and, the matter being thus laid before us, let us consider, take advice, and speak our minds. And we are therefore concerned to put a value upon our own souls, because we see there is such striving for them.”
(From the software- The Bible Collection, Proverbs chapter 9)
If you choose Christ, it means you are really choosing CHANGE. You change your position/spiritual standing from death to life, from being the son of the Devil, to be the Son of God. (John 8:44) “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
We need to remember that people resists CHANGE. People are comfortable of their worldly pleasures and worldly life. They resist CHANGE, because they don’t want to be in a new Spiritual standing or condition.
Mr. Lee Iacocca once said, “Now I don’t know about you, but every time in my life I got secure and complacent, God threw me a curve. Looking back, I now see that it wasn’t a curve, it was a challenge. A challenge I needed. I had to shake off my complacency and change. Whenever you hear anyone saying, “Let’s keep doing things exactly the way we’ve been doing them for twenty years,” watch out, A shake-up is coming.”
The seasons change. Summer follows spring, and night follows day. Life is full of ups and downs. Business cycles go round and round. Events happen that rock your world: People in the family die. You get a divorce. You get fired. Your business goes under. I’ve been through all of these changes, and each time I’ve had to wake up and try something different.
Before you can deal with change, however, you have to see it. Then you have to accept it. Sometimes that’s the hardest part-acknowledging and then accepting that the way you’ve always done business or lived your life just won’t work anymore.” (Where Have All The Leaders Gone?) Lee Iacocca (page 112-113)
It make sense to me, I hope you would be open to CHANGE. Watch out for CURVE, your Path, Your way to CHANGE. (II Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
