I came out to catch my breath
So much going on in there
I came out to find my feet
There’s way too many in there
I came up for fresh air
And a change of scene
I stepped out to find my way
Through myriad paths of life
And the wind was mild
Until I stepped out
The wind was a friend
Until I showed up
I was almost buried by winds
Sent to unearth the gold in me.

I remember one season when everything around me breathed mundane. I was aching for change and all my prayers were for God to bring expedient changes in my life. Not long, I noticed noises, which progressed from rattling to quaking. The dramas in my life began to grow wings and fly in my face. I wondered, I worried. For goodness sake, why can’t things just be?

The quaking was not sympathetic to my concerns. Rather, it grew worse. Everything that could go wrong was going way out of hand; people were acting weird, things were happening that shouldn’t, and I was caught in the middle of the whirlwind. I sought reasons why my stable world was falling apart? I searched for some form of understanding of what and why and for how long but nothing made sense.

My prayer changed, “Send help O God!” When help came, you would expect that I will jump on it but no. Not only did I not recognize it as help, I rejected it. I reasoned that I shouldn’t depend on anyone and build a pattern of escape I can’t sustain. I will wait for God to come get me out of this storm. Thankfully, my help did not walk away like some have in the past. Gentle and kind, it availed itself. God came through to me before it was late.

I sensed the Lord say to me, “You have been praying for change, change is here and you know it not. All the noises and dramas are not about those generating and distributing them. Do not be distracted by mediums and agents, they are simply means to answer your prayer for change.” I wailed, “This is not the kind of change I want! The former was better.” Does that sound familiar?

Maybe you are so perfect you always understand and appreciate changes, and have never wished for former things and times. However, going through the Old Testament, I saw Israel in that position several times: this change is too demanding, too complicated, too destabilizing . . . . This Promised Land will consume us, let us head back to normal, to safety, to Egypt: better to die a predicable death than to live in uncertain hope.

We ask for change yet we are so reluctant to move. We want something new but we don’t want to deal with the demands of change because it can be tough. We want cheap, we want easy, and if possible to pay nothing for everything we dream of. We long to return to the former, we choose to remain where we are, because we feel safer with what we have and what we know. Because the unknown is scary, we are unwilling to dare. God helped me to understand that all the noises and dramas rocking my life at that time were dispatched to propel me forward. They are designed to nudge us up, lead us out, get us to shift, to move, to run, to fly, to soar. Unfortunately, we resort to seeking reasons to restore changes backward. And in that frantic state, I was prone to reject God-sent help that I desperately needed. What exactly do you want?

You need to be clear about your desires, then lay them at the foot of the cross and trust God to lead the way. Confirm that it is aligned with God’s will and that He is on the lead. You may have heard from Him last year, last month, last week, or even last night but are you sure He is on that same route right now? Are you struggling because You did not notice that the season has changed? God is consistent in His ways, yet He is never boring. He engages varieties and His strategies are adventurous. Do not miss the present tense of God-alive because you have toed the line of no risk or no change. Trust God, supernatural living is for those willing to take that risk with God. If you let God have His way, you will emerge the better for it. Will you? Blessings from above and comfort through your changes.

Glory!