Sometimes, when we find ourselves in a comfortable financial position, we might decide to allow a waiter or cashier to "keep the change" that we are supposed to receive following our transaction.
Spiritually, when some of us get too comfortable, we might find ourselves saying, "keep the change" in reference to the change, transformation or growth that we are supposed to undergo regularly as a result of our interaction with the Lord.
When we truly give our lives to the Lord, something is bound to change. Every time someone in the Bible had an encounter with Christ, they were different afterward.
Some of us want to have a relationship with the Lord, but only on our terms. We don't want to give up anything, or we want to at least hold on to a thing or two as lovely parting gifts and mementos from our time away from God.
We might think holding on to old ways of thinking and living are harmless, but unless we completely empty ourselves and allow ourselves to be completely refilled with God's Spirit, we are stepping into dangerous territory.
Luke 11:24-26 tells of a man who had been freed of an unclean spirit, but having failed to fill himself with God's Holy Spirit, he was vulnerable to the refilling of evil, for the demon, "....taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first."
If we want to eliminate some of the trauma and drama we experience in our lives, we have to be very conscious and deliberate about making sure we do whatever it takes to "keep the change" that we experienced when we were first saved or delivered.
BNcouraged!
Rev. Karen
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