Keeping me up at night Part 3
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The third thing that has been keeping me up at night is this question: "how can I change"? Too often we want to change other people. When we do that, we leave ourselves unchanged. What would happen if everyone in the world was more consumed with how they could change themselves instead of everyone else? Think of how much better businesses would run? What about families? Don't even get me started on churches. What it has to come down to is ME. How can I change? The buck stops here. If I spent as much time asking God how I could change, compared to how much time I spend trying to see life change in others, there is no way I could stay the same and not do what God has uniquely called me to do. Does this mean I don't want to see others changed to become more like God? Not at all. First and foremost it has to start with me. I don't become a better husband by trying to change my wife or waiting for her to change. I become a better husband by stepping back and saying how can I get better? What can I do. So it really is all about me. How can I change? What does God want to do in me? What choice will I be making soon? How can I react better next time? How can I be more like Jesus? I am convinced that when we are changed, when we are godly, when we model who Jesus is, then others around us will be changed because we are changed.

posted by Pastor Potter @ 11:50 AM,