Holy Yoga

Many of us desire some type of change in our life.  It could be a change in our financial situation, change in our health, our weight, our children, our marriage, our relationships, our spiritual life, etc.

When it comes to change most people develop a plan to transition into this change.  Usually the first and second day are fairly easy and then day three and four comes around and it gets harder and harder.  By day five or six they have abandoned the change because it is too hard or they didn't see the results they had hoped.  For some the change is so big they don't even start.

In the book, The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life by Charles Stanley, he talks about change.  "The life of Christ in you has the potential to produce all kinds of change in your life. "Wait," you say, "I've tried to change and I can't." Exactly! You are not equipped to produce change--only bear it."  What???  If I can't produce the change I desire in my life then who will???  That is the point.  We often approach change by trying our very best, giving it our all, and then when life happens or we hit a road block we give up.  That is because we are going at the change all wrong.  We are trying to make the changes all by ourselves.  To make permanent change we need God's strength, the forgiveness of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

So if you have been struggling with change in your life, take inventory.  Have you been leaving God out of the change?  Have you been trying to do it all in your own strength?  Are you willing to surrender your own control and allow God to make the change in your heart and mind?

Most changes have to start with a change of heart and mind for there to be permanent change.  So allow God to do his work and then you will begin to bear the change you have always desired.