Get Up And Change It

Do you remember the “old days” when you had to get up and physically change the channel on the TV that got three channels, plus public television?

If you were a kid in the house, you were the remote. You can now use your smart phone, or even tell Alexa to run the TV.

The TV viewing experience has changed a lot in the last 50-60 years, but changing the course of your life has not.

Don’t like where you’re at, what you’re doing, or how you’re doing it?

It’s really just like the old days. Get up and change it. Nothing will change unless you get up and do it.

There isn’t an app or remote to make change easy. The change you want is up to you and what you choose to do to make it happen.

Make the effort to change what you want to change. It’s the only way.

Questions to Ponder and Pursue

1. Are there things you need to change in your life?
2. What steps, even though they may be difficult, do you need to start taking to make?

James‬ ‭4:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬
“Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.”

At first glance it looks like James is telling you to live a lifestyle of despair and sadness, but that is not the case.

He is referring to what your response should be to repenting of how you may have been living for a period of time.

Have you ever known and realized you were wasting time doing things that didn’t really matter?

How about things that were not good for you and kept you from being all that God has in store for you?

When you realize, and then admit, that you have wasted so much time, energy, and effort pursuing things that were worthless it should cause you to mourn as you think about the things you missed when you turned your back on God.

God has not changed. He still has plans for you. He always has. He never gives up on you. It would be a different feeling if it was past tense (had) instead of a present tense (has).

Changing your pursuit back to the things that truly matter will bring you back to living the life God has intended you to. Abundantly (John 10:10) and victorious (1 Corinthians 15:57).

Questions to Ponder and Pursue

1. How does the concept of mourning over wasted time and turning back to God resonate with your own life experiences?
2. Reflect on a specific moment when you realized the value of redirecting your efforts toward meaningful pursuits and how it impacted your overall well-being.