Moving On

We know that things happen in God’s own time. We also know that, like it or not, things just plain happen. We all experience daily events, the changing seasons, the passing years. Our circle of friends changes; we get a new job; we move to a different house. Nothing remains the same. Some of the changes are expected. We grow from child to adult. We move from the classroom to the workplace. We marry, have children, and bury our parents. No matter what your relationship is with God, these changes are inescapable. The only control we have is our reaction to the changes. The only possible constant in the midst of these changes is our relationship with God.

If our secular life changes, so does our spiritual life. We grow from enthusiastic new Christian to settled maturity. There are times of quick growth, hard times of adversity, and times of winter dormancy. Like the growth of a crop, there are good years of bounteous harvest and lean years when the harvest is only enough to plant anew the next year. As in our secular lives, the only constant is God.

We should expect change, just as we expect the seasons of the year to be different. Do we expect a spring day to be as warm as a summer day? Do we expect the same clouds, the same rain and sun every day? And should we expect our spiritual life to be unchanging? Even though God is the only possible constant, we can still become closer to God each day. He does not change, but we can move closer to Him. And if only God is consistently there for us, why do we spend so much time ignoring Him?