Preacher David's Corner

Time to Change to Fall of the Year

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 -”To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” Genesis 8:22 - “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Daniel 2:21 - “And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:” It is amazing how God gives us, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Fall is a beautiful time of the year. Change is in the air here in the “Coolest Corner of NC”! Leaves are beginning to turn colors and to fall. Temps at night are in the 40s. (good sleeping weather). Folks are harvesting their crops. Animals are preparing for the time to come. You see it in all God’s nature. Change is a good thing for me. I would not want it to be the same all year long. God also gives people time to change as well. Time to become a Christian or not. Choose change to follow Him or not and to be positive instead of negative. We can change to become more Christ like in all our ways and change to improve our life in areas that need improving. Last time I check no one is perfect except for Jesus! So change is in the air! Do you need to change? Will you change for the better? We can become more seasoned! Its never too late. As long as you are breathing you have the God given privilege to change. One of the great blessings believers have in life is to be around seasoned and experienced believers in the faith. Through the years I have been blessed to have many seasoned saints who have invested in my journey as a follower of Jesus. Thank God they made an impact therefore I change. We can ask God to reveal how we need to change to be more like Him. Never be afraid to ask Him about change. Do what is right, not what is easy or popular. Your life does not get better by chance , it gets better by change. Some changes happen immediately, but some take time. Do we trust God to make the change? Is God asking us to change? If we are following Him, then we do have that trust. If you can't change it, change your attitude. "Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." “Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong.” "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Life has got all those twists and turns. Why not change your life to follow God and do work for Him you have never done before? Fall of the year reminds us of change, so perhaps we need to change. It could be in our spiritual life, physical life, mental life, financial life, married life or our social life. Change can be good. There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. God already knows about the change that you need to make. He has been through any change we need to make and always will lead you to do the correct thing. Some of us think holding on to the present makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go that changes us to be strong and to desire more changes. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone. Change begins at the end of your comfort zone. We must get out of our comfort zone or we will not grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living. Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes therefore , I must change too. I always heard it said time changes things, but for you to actually change you must do it yourself. Some folks think of changing the world, but they never think maybe they need to changing themselves New beginnings begin with change. Come along and change with me to follow God as close as you can. Fall is here and things, they are a changing!

Your Servant, David