It's Time To Take Flight

If He can transform creation, then why do we ever question that He is ready to do a transforming work in us?

We all have areas in our life where we esteem ourselves or view ourselves as more developed and mature than we truly are. Yet the truth is, we all have areas of needed growth and development and areas we need to mature in. That especially holds true for spiritual growth and maturity.

God our Father has given each of us an unction, a sense of knowing that if we don't allow the process of change to take place, we will never reach our full potential.

We must always be willing to change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden. People don’t change because they are comfortable; transformation requires us to get uncomfortable. Though the battle is the Lord’s, the responsibility to make Godly choices is ours.  It's not one decision that pushes you forward into the next, but a series of small decisions that connects the events of your life.

When the Lord allows us to suffer for a little while, perhaps it’s the road we must walk down in order to discover the ultimate healing our lives need. 

Each and every one of us is in need of ongoing change in our life. We all need the transforming power of the Holy Spirit to help us become more like Jesus. We will never attain perfection or be perfectly like Jesus. That is why Jesus came and paid the penalty for the sins and imperfections in our life. Our faith in Jesus and in His sacrifice of taking the punishment for our sins is what makes us righteous before our Heavenly Father God. Our faith in what Jesus did is what makes us spotless in God’s eyes. What a magnificent thing! But, we still see our own imperfections and flaws and areas of needed change. Jesus cares about them and desires transformation within us because they affect and work to hinder our blessing in this life. They also get in the way of our ability to influence others for the Lord.

Simply having knowledge about God and His Word can become a place of pride. We can tell all our friends, neighbors and relatives about God but they are more interested in the difference God is making in our life. 

There are times when God will allow people to help us. There are times when only God will be your coach. If human hands were to help the butterfly by cutting him out of the cocoon, his wings would be drooped and unable to take flight. My friend, God knows what is best for you. He knows just how much push, stretch, and relaxation you need to bring you out and up. 

Like the butterfly breaking out of his cocoon, it is time to take flight.

Blessings,
Dalinda