Embracing Change

Our staff was recently encouraged by a church member's contribution to the September women's ministry newsletter, and we would like to share it with you. The article encourages us to view the changes taking place on our campus as investments in the Kingdom! We hope you will be encouraged too, and that as our campus changes, we will each allow God to change us from the inside out as well.

CHANGE

Everywhere you look change is taking place. A big change for me is my eyesight. What was once clear is blurred without my reading glasses. But change doesn’t always have to be bad.

Our church is going through a big change as builders prepare the new worship center. We need the kind of change that takes place when we come into the Lord’s presence. The church body needs each other (Heb. 10:24-25), for God knows we are better together. We need to love, encourage and stimulate one another.

In the movie National Treasure II, a document was unreadable until 3-D glasses were used. The glasses brought what could not be read into clear view, and the mystery was revealed.

I wonder if we need a pair of spiritual 3-D glasses as we prepare to enter our new worship center. Our spiritual 3-D glasses will help us see clearly that we need to make room for new people. There are many who need Jesus and the changes He brings to lives. It is not about new seats, a new stage, or new lights, where we park, or what we wear, but it is about changed lives. Worship is where real change takes place. Our loving Father takes our unforgiveness so we are able to experience forgiveness. Our hate is replaced with love, our disobedience is turned into willing obedience, and our bitterness is removed to make room for peace.

As I become older, things that used to matter do not matter anymore. What matters are those things that will make eternal significance: Kingdom work! So grab a pair of 3-D glasses as you walk into the new building and embrace the change as we worship, grow, love and serve new people into the Kingdom.

Mary Sue McDowell