CHANGE CHANge, CHAnge, chaNge caNheg.... What's your name....

The title of this segment reflects David Bowie's song, "Change." Remember the song?

The word change means to become different in essence, to loose one’s original nature or to switch from one thing to another. In case you haven't noticed or if perhaps your mind has strayed into a state of thinking things will always be the same as they are now,please take note: life around us is constantly changing and depending on what the change is, it can be harmful or beneficial

There is a definite change that takes place in a person when they put their hope in Jesus Christ and that is a beneficial change. It's a change that helps you realize there is hope in this world after all. It’s a change of heart, from sinner to saint; a change of relationship towards God, from something disregarded to a friend. It's a change of heart and a change of future,. It's like moving from a realm of gray and black confusion, out of darkness, into light. It is more than simply a few adjustments in your thinking, more than gaining a new perspective of the world; it’s a complete change that begins and ends with Jesus, and it gives an anchor of stability in an otherwise ever-changing world.

It's funny to me that Barak Obama chose to use "change" as his platform for the presidency. "Change?"...(m now there is something you can count on!) It is a constant, but it is not in and of itself something we can depend upon, really sink our hope into or embrace with any lasting results of any substance. Even when change is expected, what transpires is not always the expected results.

Some people have mastered the fine art of changing things. Change agents, they are called and they help people learn to leverage and manage it. Step one in managing change is to make certain you have all the books and tools you need. You will need to pay for training sessions, seminars and workshops too Once you embrace the whole notion of change you are ready for step two. Step two, is to make it happen. Amazingly, you will find that what takes effort is not the change but keeping everything together without it becoming a complete disaster. It's really not the change you are in charge of, but they will charge you a fee to help you...change.

With all the theologies of change, strategies of change, in our cultures and communities of change; it's a wonder anything gets done. The advocates of change are everywhere changing things all the time. It is as if they do not really understand that people generally do better, emotionally and physically when their lives or work are not in a constant state of upheaval, disruption and inconsistency. We humans understand that without some kind of equilibrium, everything will simply fall apart.

In the meantime, we simply have to wonder where change will take us when we see the effect it has and the things it moves and undoes. It could very well be that we will not know for sure where it all will lead us until it happens, and it will happen For the good or for the bad, change will come, because change is a given in life. It's inevitable.

But God, as the bible tells us, is the same, yesterday, today and forever. He does not change. He is called The Rock. The truth of His word is established forever, in the One whom he sent to give us a hope and a future we can trust in, one that is secure.

The rains can come, the waters can rise, the storms and uncertainties can lurk and loom. Death can even overtake our lives, but God is stability we can count on in, even the midst of change. He raised Jesus from the dead and he will raise us too. And raising something to life from death is real change, a change that only God can do.