Choice then Change...

Happy New Year!

The new year always seems to come with new resolutions. Sometimes people feel like starting a new year should also mean making new decisions and life changes. I don’t think there is anything wrong with this mindset, but I never make resolutions. First, I believe that if I want to change,. I won’t wait for a new year to start. What if I make the decision to change something in my life in June? Do I have to wait until January of the next year?

I don’t think so.

Now, I’m not knocking you if you make resolutions. I’m all about the change. Especially if the changes are for the better. And even if you make resolutions in January and can’t seem to follow them all the way through the year, the fact that you decided to make any form of change is admirable. Because, even though you may have slacked off, the change began with the choice.

 1 Corinthians 15:45-46

“The Scriptures tell us,

 ‘The first man, Adam, became a living person.’

But the last Adam- that is, Christ- is a life-giving Spirit.

 What comes first is the natural body,

then the spiritual body comes later.”

 Every time we decide to implement a change in our lives, the change begins as soon as we decide. We say, “I want to lose 50 pounds this year!” That is when the change starts. Not when we go and join a gym or grocery shop by counting calories. Or, we might say, “This year, I’m going to have more sex with my husband!” (Don’t knock it. Some of us might need to make that declaration) Anyway, the choice to add more sexy time to life begins with that thought.

The scripture above talks about the first Adam, the one that we read about in Genesis (Eve’s husband), had to become a living person, so the one known as the second Adam, Jesus Christ, could come later. If the first one hadn’t come, the second one wouldn’t have been a possibility.
Natural then spiritual.
All of the decisions that we make start with a thought within us. That’s the natural. We made the decision to get married, and God honors our marriage. The harder we work to make things work, the more God works on our behalf to make sure that our marriages remain the strong institutions that we are working toward. The trick is, we have to continue to make the decision. The same things that we did when we first got married might not work after the fifth or sixth year, so we have to decide to continue to change.
So I encourage you to make the choice to change things in your marriage. If everything is awesome, wonderful! Make the decision to keep it up! But if there are a few things that don’t sit well with you, make the choice to change. Then, but the choice into action so the change can progress. And as you are working on you and what you can do, the Lord is working on things in the spirit. We aren’t working alone, but together with God.
What WifeStyle changes are you choosing to make this year? Share them with us! We would love to hear your ideas…