Change is a Choice

Change needs to happen, and you’ve convinced yourself to start next year being a “better you.” But life distractions often reroute the best intentions when waiting for a better time to act on matters that need immediate attention. Whether an obstacle knocked you off track or you chose to follow your stubborn way, your heartache, frustration, and disappointment have not escaped God’s attention.

Paul writes to those having learned God’s truth and what we must do: “Put off concerning the former conversation, the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:22–24). For genuine lasting change, you and I must choose to take off our old sinful self and corrupt way of living and let His Spirit change how we think and act. Only then can we put on the “new self “ created in God’s likeness, righteous and holy. Why wait until next year for a new you?