Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
James 1: 17
Real change is an inside job. You might alter things a day or two with money and systems, but the heart of the matter is, and always will be, the matter of the heart.
Allow me to get specific. Our problem is sin. Not finances. Not budgets. Not overcrowded prisons or drug dealers. Our problem is sin. We are separated from our Father. We are cut off from the source of life. A new president or policy won’t fix that. It can only be solved by God.
That’s why the Bible uses drastic terms like conversion, repentance, and lost and found. Society may renovate, but only God re-creates.
Here is a practical exercise to put this truth into practice. The next time alarms go off in your world, ask yourself three questions.
- Is there any unconfessed sin in my life? . . .
- Are there any unresolved conflicts in my world? . . .
- Are there any unsurrendered worries in my heart? . . .
Alarms serve a purpose. They signal a problem. Sometimes the problem is out there. More often it’s in here. So before you peek outside, take a good look inside.
( From When God Whispers Your Name by Max Lucado )