*How Jesus Changes Us
Have you ever wish to be on someone else’s foot? Or have you ever wonder how is it to be somebody else? If you can relate, well maybe you want a change of life.
Change is always equated to risk, because we fear about the future, we still regret our past, and we doubt our abilities. But a closer look will draw us to conclude that change can be more defined as unleashing our full potential. Calling on to God and accepting that we need a changed life is difficult, moreso in facing change in itself, but take heed for God knows this and He has His own way of doing it. First, He will ease our fears. For thousands of years, the devil use fear to distract us and keep us away from God, that’s the very reason why we are afraid to go back to Jesus when we did something wrong. The truth about forgiveness has been covered up with lies about God’s wrath for the sinners. But just so you know, our sins have already been forgiven, and the sins that we are yet to commit have already been paid for. There’s also a bonus, our Father knows our weaknesses in succumbing into fear, for that reason He left us with passages about fear in the Bible, all 365 of them to last us a year. “I asked the Lord for help, and He answered me. He freed me from all anxious fears.!” Psalm 34:4
Second, He will eliminate your guilt. All of us have wounds to heal because all of us are guilty of something, or have been a victim by other people. But who says we need to carry that baggage with us? Didn’t Jesus invited us take His yoke instead for it’s light, why not let Him take over? When Jesus healed the paraplegic man He said “…,friends your sins are forgiven.” Luke 5:20 A paraplegic man doesn’t look good, but instead of healing his physical malady, Jesus paid more attention to his spiritual illness. This shows how God looks past on our appearance and locks His gaze into our hearts. He does not capitalize on Matthew “the tax collector” today, but excited instead on Matthew “the future evangelist”. Between us and God, forgiveness is not conditional, it is a given fact. Jesus forgives us instantly, freely and completely, all because we are destined to be with Him forever.
He will enable you to do what seems impossible. God maybe telling us some things, things that we deemed impossible – a challenging work, giving up an enjoyable but nasty habit, forgiving an enemy, loving an unlovable person. If it seems hard, then God wants to stretch our faith. Faith is not about getting permission to do what is easy. It’s about gaining the courage to do what’s difficult. It’s not about staying in your comfort zone. It’s about going where God leads you. “Jesus said, ‘Without God, it is utterly impossible. But with God everything is possible!” Mark 10:27 That’s what we call God empowerment!
No one has to stay the same, when we cry for help to change, God is more that willing to help us, despite of the circumstances. We are not perfect because He is not finished with us yet. Through the many changes in our lives, we have to maintain the discipline and temperament of a long-distance runner, who, focused on the end goal, just keeps running through the inevitable bumps on the road. Ask God to take the lead.*