The End Result

What if we never made a change again? We continued living life just as we are today. Would you be happy with the end result? Think back to this morning and the food you ate for breakfast. Look at your food choices for the rest of the day. Would you be happy with the end result of the physical you if you continued to eat the same? What about financially? What if you continued to spend your money just as you are today? Would you be happy with the end result? What if we continued to parent just as you do today, spending the same amount of time with our children and using the same behaviors in front of our children? Would you be happy with the end result? What if you continued spiritually just as you are? What if today repeated on a daily basis. Think back to the start of your day and how many conversations you have had with God. What if you made the same decisions for the rest of your life whether it represented what pleased God or not? Repeating the same actions and words. Would you be happy with the end result?

Some of us do live the same day over and over. It's hard to change from what we are use to living on a daily basis. It's hard to change what was modeled to us either from family or the friends we chose to hang around. Change is difficult. Change is not the "popular" choice. But if we find ourselves not currently pleased with our physical appearance, our financial situation, our parenting skills, our walk with God, etc., then maybe change is going to be necessary to reach some sort of acceptance of where we are at. Maybe change is what it will take to see some sort of growth in the direction we desire. 2 Corinthians 5:7 & 8 of the Message Version of the Bible says this: "It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going. Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us?" Making changes in our life requires faith. We have no clue what will happen the next day if we choose to live it differently but know that if you are looking at God while making that change, God will see you through it. There may (and will be) difficult times or "ruts in the road" that will cause you to want to give up and go back to the same living that you were dissatisfied with. But keep pushing and keep trusting. Then tell me what you see the end result to be.