Changes - change comes with years, and years come with change. Since we'll never escape it, we might as well learn to ride those winds of change. Here's a beautiful truth: we don't face the winds of change alone. God is our anchor, our constant, our steady and invariable stability. We can feel like we're drowning in a sea of change but know this: He is our next breath of forever. Consider the words to this great old hymn: Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives all fear is gone. And remember, some change is not so bad after all

"For I am the LORD, I do not change." - Malachi 3:6

You know I don't like change. 

But I suppose subtle changes, the result of time and perspective, they're not so bad. 

I like the confidence that comes from experience. 

I like the assurance that troubling times won't last. 

I like the growth that has resulted from pain and the perspective that keeps me looking for the silver lining in the clouds. 

I've been through cloudy days, the rain, the thunder and lightning, and even a few hurricanes. 

Little orphan Annie was right: the sun will come out tomorrow.

Change comes with years, and years come with change. 

Since we'll never escape it, we might as well learn to ride those winds of change. 

Here's a beautiful truth: we don't face the winds of change alone. 

God is our anchor, our constant, our steady and invariable stability. 

We can feel like we're drowning in a sea of change but know this: He is our next breath of forever.

Consider the words to this great old hymn: Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives all fear is gone. 

And remember, some change is not so bad after all.

My God; my Anchor; my Rock - as I face changes, help me to rest in the security of knowing You.

You don't change. 

Big things or small, easy or trying, Your grace is enough. 

May I face this day with confidence and poise from Your throne and fountain! 

Amen.

Lord Jesus, prepare me for Your rain. 

Pour out living water on me. 

Refresh me and fill me from Your fountains that will never run dry. 

Amen.

Further Reading

Deuteronomy 16:1-17:20

Luke 9:7-27

Psalm 72:1-20

Proverbs 12:8-9

Pastor Rod Parsley

Your Daily Devotion from Pastor Rod Parsley

Rodney Lee Parsley is a prominent American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist. He is senior pastor of World Harvest Church, a large nondenominational church in Canal Winchester, Ohio; a suburb of Columbus, which has a sister campus in Elkhart, Indiana. 

PastorRodParsley@breakthrough.net

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