We do not have the choice to be confronted with the need of that transition: transition will come, those demands for change will come! They are common to all of mankind. But our choice of response does determine the outcome of that transition.  So: The choice of transition is not ours, but the choice of its consequence is.

For those of you just joining us, we are now on our fifth week of looking at the thought that transition is designed by God to be a season of equipping and empowering for the new seasons ahead. Some may have thought: “I would rather stay as I am and not have these transitions”. “I choose not to think about change and therefore will not be affected by it”. We will now address that thought.

Definition of ‘Transition’: movement, or change from one position, state, subject, season, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Times of transition test the motives and attitudes of the human heart. It is in times of transition, with all of its shaking and questions, which test the motives that have laid dormant deep within are brought to the surface for all to see.

Transition is often a time of controversy or contradiction, a time when relationships become vulnerable and commitments, fragile. God reveals the true hearts of men and women in times of transition. He reveals which of those walk through life receiving His grace and those who do not.

I want you to imagine this large funnel over your head into which God is pouring this amazing oil of his grace. The flow is amazing and is capable of bringing healing, life and replenishment on a daily basis. It is extravagant in love and abundant in supply. However, it has a valve that can open and shut that monitors the degree to which you receive that grace.

When you react to the process, the changes being demanded of you, the contradictions that confront you, you are reacting against the Author of that change. Your reaction or your reluctance then disconnects you from receiving the wonderful flow of His grace that He has so abundantly supplied for you in that season. Your negativity or resentment begins to close that valve.
And there is nothing on this earth as cruel as a grace-less transition!

But when you respond positively and embrace that change, those days of transition, your attitude keeps the valve wide open and His grace, so freely given, has its loving, replenishing empowering effect in your life.

There is nothing sadder than to see the barrenness of those who have resisted their need for change. The lack of received grace has left its mark in anger and disillusionment that has made them the sceptics of others.

On the other hand, there are few things in life that can compare with the beauty and significance of a life that has embraced that change and been daily receiving the Father’s love and affection.

I urge you to be ones that embrace change and live a life of receiving His grace.

Until next week,
Love & God bless,
David