ON A DIME

We all say it.  We all believe it.  AND IT'S A GREAT BIG FAT LIE!!!

"nothing changes overnight"

We say it to make ourselves feel better when we are struggling to change, or struggling to accept how slow change is in coming about.  We say that when we keep slipping back to old habits and it seems change will NEVER actually happen.   Or if it does, it won't be happening for a long time.

But that is a lie from the pit of hell.  Yet another deceit of satan to keep us from experiencing the glorious, joyful, immediate blessings of our Lord and Savior the Almighty God and creator of all things.

LIFE turns on a DIME.

For the TRUTH is this:

The very instant we dare to believe God, our hearts change - INSTANTLY.
Our perspective changes - INSTANTLY - and that instantly changes our lives!

The very moment we think differently.  The very moment we dare to believe.  The very moment we turn away from sin and obey God. That very instant when we take God at His word we are changed.

Our negative self talk keeps us from experiencing change.  The negative talk of those around us keeps us from experiencing change.  The lies and deceits we think and endure in our own hearts and minds, keep us from experiencing the very change God promises.

We have bought into this deceit lock, stock and barrel because it makes us feel better about how slow we are to believe, how quickly our faith fails, how often we don't receive the blessing we so desperately need.

We want to feel better about ourselves, so we open ourselves to the lie.
Or we want to believe and feel better about someone we love.  They've promised to change.  They slip and fail and change hasn't occurred so we make excuses to make them and ourselves feel better - because change doesn't happen overnight, change takes time the lie whispers sweetly in our ear.

Change takes only the time it takes to change one's mind.

Romans 12:2 

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Change your thought patterns and it changes your actions.  Change your actions and your life change happens INSTANTLY!.

II Corinthians 10:5b ...bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ... 

That's why satan doesn't offer up big, blatant, obvious lies.  He didn't tell Eve in the Garden of Eden "if you eat the fruit, you'll know good from evil BUT it will cost you the close spiritual tie with God."  He only told her a half truth - which is a full and totally complete LIE!

If we call it what it really is, we'll be able to defeat the lie.  It's about OBEDIENCE.  If we submit ourselves obediently to the word of God, we will express the TRUTH of God in our thoughts, actions and feelings.  When we know the truth, the truth will set us free.

"LORD, Bless us with open eyes and willing hearts to see and accept the truth, to apply truth to our lives and to trust Your Truth by faith that we might live FREE.  Where we need to know truth in order to change, make that truth known to us.  Help us to see and accept it, that we can be blessed by the changes that lead us into JOY, PEACE and fulfilled lives.  Thank you for Your Truth, applied in our hearts and lives, in Jesus Name AMEN"