It sometimes seems that our greatest fear is newness, and we cling like moss to the rocks of our past. Of course it is not newness itself that we fear, for new cars and new jobs and second chances refresh us all.
Rather, we fear the newness of change, and perhaps more, the newness in how we are expected to change, and maybe even be better.
But to turn away from change is to stumble on the path of faith. For faith is quite the opposite of sight. We cling to the past because we see it clearly, and for better or worse, have lived through it. It is a role that has been played, and we gave our lines, if not well, at least sufficiently to have brought us to the end of the act.
Facing a new act in our life’s drama, we may balk at learning new lines. But learn them we must, for while the lines are ours to speak, the script has not been written by us, but by our Creator / Playwright / Director, whose creativity knows no bounds and who constantly is coaching us and coaxing us to read lines and play parts beyond ourselves. Proverbs 16:1-9.
For in the end, we are being changed from the ancient image of Adam into the eternally New Image of Christ. Romans 8:28-30. On our behalf, and to enable us, He learned obedience through His final “acts” of suffering and the changes they brought. Hebrews 2:10; 5:8
Will the changes before us come bring new lines, friends, ministries, and the supernatural ability to rejoice in our trials? They will if we follow hard after Him.
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed (changed) into that same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is Spirit.”
2 Corinthians 4:18