The Secret To Life-Change...

THE SECRET TO LIFE-CHANGE…Sometimes we just get tired of ourselves, don’t we. This tiredness shows up in many forms. Sometimes it’s irritability and blaming others. Often it’s depression and pessimism. Occasionally it’s venturing into some form of abuse. But what’s going on down deep is…we are just completely done with ourselves. There is a undercurrent of self-blame beneath many surface feelings and behaviors. Upon this realization, life-change is possible. But how do we reinvent something as basic as ‘me’?
“Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and
a new spirit”. ~Ezekiel 18:31
I love this verse. I think we need it’s wisdom in a very deep way during turn-around moments. For us to create life-change, we first have to come to terms with what got us to this irritating spot. We have to admit the real reason we have become tired of ourselves. It’s rebellion. Rebellion is as simple as wanting our own way rather than God’s way. Following that instinct was fun for a season…then it began to sour…then the souring turned to loathing…and now you simply despise yourself. It was rebellion that started the negative slide…it always is. So the road back up starts when we stop blaming things without…and start admitting what emerged from within us that created this mess. We need to hear our own lips say, “I have rebellion in my heart”! That’s key to any turn-around. in fact, that’s the great secret to a new chapter. Once we identify rebellion, confess it, and remove it…the rest is surprisingly easier. In the absence of rebellion, a new heart and a new spirit is actually “find-able”. That was the impossible part before, we couldn’t even see a new way. All we saw was more of ‘me’…‘mine’…‘my way’. But once rebellion is cleared…a new vision will emerge. A God-path will start to look good. A new voice will call to you…a new desire will form in you. Welcome to the first steps of life-change. ~Verlon