To one degree or another, we are all creatures of habit. Some of those
habits may be defined as “good” and others may be defined as “not so
good” but either way, nothing alters the fact that we all have them.
However, habits can get to be a major problem if we are not “real
careful” if those same actions are merely repetitious and habitual acts
that cause us to become “set in our ways.”
“God forbid” if
anything (or anyone) ever shows up and interrupts our regular routines
and habits. For, if there is one thing that most people in this world
have a strong distaste and dislike for…it is “Change!” So whoever you
are, (viewer be warned) don’t you dare mess with anything that we have
already grown accustomed to, because we don’t like anybody or anything
that might cause us to personally have to “Change!”
Regrettably, there is one major problem with this kind of a mindset.
Sometimes, it is Almighty God who orchestrates that “much disliked”
change that we see as a disruption in our lives. For there are times
when God “LIKES” to take “all of us” out of our own comfort zones! As
much as we may dislike the “change” thrust upon us, it just may well be
that it was the Lord Himself who instigated the very “change” that has
now “wreaked havoc on our habits” and “ruffled our routines.”
You see, God never wants any of us to ever to get in a “stuck in the
rut” mentality. So in order to keep us from growing uncompassionate for
the lost; and unconcerned to the needs of this world in which we live;
God (every once in the while) allows something to so affect each one of
us until it literally “turns our world upside down.”
After all,
if we’ve ever read “The Book” there is one thing for certain that all of
us are well aware of; and it is this: “For each and every one of us,
‘”Change is Definitely On The Way!’”
Paul puts it like this.
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (I Thessalonians 4:16-17)
And then again, in (I Corinthians 15:51-52) he says: “Behold, I show
you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
(ALL) be changed!”
Soon, for All the Saints of God who are
looking forward to Christ’s Soon Appearing, there shall be a “New Day
Dawning” and “A Fresh New Beginning.” For very, very soon, God is going
to send His angels to reap His “Harvest of Believers!” Yes, —“Change
Is Coming!” And I truly believe that Jesus Christ is about to “shock”
this entire world with His surprise and unanticipated appearance!
For Believers in Christ (who have lived their lives faithful and
committed to Him) it is going to be the “Greatest Event” that any of us
will have ever experienced in our lifetimes. But for the rest of the
world…it’s going to be the time of the greatest nightmare to ever befall
planet Earth!”
So one way or the other…for everyone:
regardless of your ethnic background, your gender, or your political or
religious affiliation… we all had best be making certain that we are
seeking Jesus and serving Him… for “Change is Most Assuredly Coming"…
and I believe that it is already on the way!
Just a Thought,
Pastor Ken Jones
