“Change of position.”
This happens all throughout our seasons of life. We change so much! From child to parent. From
student to teacher. From passenger to driver. From player to coach. From cared
for to caregiver. From employee to employer. Change happens. And yes, it can be great once we figure out
how to function in our change of position.
We all realized our change of position during our recent
time in Kenya. It was great to visit places we frequented when we lived there.
It was a delight to be with our loved ones again. We relished the experiences. And
we became acutely aware of change . We had to learn to function in our change
of position. (To see photos of our time in Kenya look on the sidebar of this
page.)
The same is true in our spiritual lives. As we spend more
time in God’s word and lean more into our lives with God we hear His invitation
to change our position. In the book, “SoulShift, the measure of a life transformed,” by Steve DeNeff and David Drury (2011) we learned more of God’s
invitation to our change of position. God invites us to make these shifts: from
me to you, from slave to child, from seen to unseen, from consumer to steward,
from ask to listen, from sheep to shepherd and from me to we focus. These
changes of position lead us deeper in our walk with God as we allow His Holy
Spirit to transform us into alignment with Himself. (click here for more SoulShift resources.) And yes, it is great when we learn how to
function like Him in our change of position.
Change happens. Having Chris (our son) with us for a few
weeks is a constant revelation that change happens. Observing Chris adjusting to
being home as an adult is a vivid picture of this. He is enjoying changing from
being passenger to driver here. He is learning at basketball camp a measure of
changing from player to coach. He has changed from child to adult and is
learning to function in his change of position. (See photos of time with Chris
on the sidebar of this page.)
Our prayer is that we might model the way well in learning
to function in our change(s) of position. We long for others to see Christ in
us. We want to reflect Him accurately as we change from being sheep to being
shepherd, from consumer to steward, from asking to listener, etc. God invites
us deeper in Him so others can also be connected to Him. He leads us into
relationship with others so we can share Him.
May we go deeper in God and let Him transform us, guiding us
as we respond to His invitation to change position. Our prayer is, as Chris
says, “learning our new position(s) may take a little while, but it is great
once we figure out how to function in our change of position.”
Christine
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