How do we as a people decide when it’s time for a change? How many times are we going to constantly ask, "When is my change going to come?" We feel that everyone else around us is being blessed. We look far and wide at what the Joneses are doing, and see them blessed, favored, and walking in victory over the many issues that they too thought they could not get over. It was a process that they had to go through as well. But we, in seeing all of this, fail to realize that there is a season for everything in our lives. In Ecclesiastes 3:1, it specifically says, "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...." If you look within this passage of scripture down to the sixth verse, it also states, "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away;" Even though it's not our season yet, that doesn't mean God has forgotten about you. It may also mean to carry on with your life in the preparation for the next move of God. I did say carry on, not sit twiddling your thumbs. You are required to still act, move with the season of change until your seed that was planted starts to take shape and harvest bountiful blessings-in God's fulfilled timing.
In a devotional from Audrina Jones Burton, from Purposefully Living Motivational Messages, she goes even further about the Season of Change, knowing that God gives us the right to choose to change our circumstances, and in doing so, we will be able to walk away from our pain to the power that is deep within each of us. Look at what she has to say:
By Audrina Jones Bunton
Seasons come - seasons go - winter, spring, summer and fall. And with each natural season, circumstances cause changes to take place such as, flowers blooming, coldness, multi-colored trees, and extreme hotness. Changes that are sometimes good and sometimes bad.
Though the changes dealt during the natural seasonas are beyond our control, we do have some control over the changes that take place during our seasonal life changes -- but we must choose to change. Choose to change either ourselves, the situations, or sometimes both.
- Day after day, we work on jobs that are not satisfying, for people that we can not satisfy, to make money that is not enough to satisfy.
- We remain in relationships that are not fulfilling, trying to please people that don’t appreciate, only to result in constant feelings of emptiness and loneliness.
- We remain in situations that cause unhappiness, hoping that each unhappy day will be the last, only to realize another day’s end, and situation unchanged.
We are not held hostage on jobs that we don’t like - in relationships that are unfulfilling - or situations that cause unhappiness. We have to realize that we chose to be in these places if we do nothing to change the situation.
What is that causes us to remain in these dissatisfying, unfulfilling, and unhappy places? Fear of change - fear of the unknown. We must get rid of the fear that makes us think that we can’t do better, and that chains us to our unhappy places. Being fearful is like being locked into a prison of unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and unfulfillment, and it distorts our focus, blinding us from doing what we must do to create peace, abundance, joy and happiness.
We can unlock those prison doors any time we choose - any time we choose to change and free ourselves of limiting thoughts and behaviors set upon us by our circumstances, by others, and sometimes by our own self-doubt.
We have the choice to make life changes - to have a beautiful life - as beautiful as the many-colored trees on a beautiful fall day - or we can choose to simply accept the changes that situations, and circumstances in our life has dealt us, by putting up with the cold, lonely nights. Any day, any year, any time - we can start the process of life change - if we choose to. We can also choose - to do nothing.
What changes must you make today to find yourself in your happy place - in a place where you are satisfied - in a place where you are fulfilled? If you don’t like how things are, make that change. Free yourself from the prison of fear that captivates you from making that change - because only YOU can.
You have the power of choice - and - how you choose to live this day, will determine what your future will be. My friend, examine your place in life, and if you deem it necessary -- choose to change.
Copyright © 2002 by Audrina Jones Bunton. REPRINTING THIS ARTICLE: Permission is granted to reproduce or distribute this article only in its entirety and provided copyright is acknowledged.
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