What’s Stopping You?

Have you ever felt compelled to make a change in your life? I don’t mean cut your hair or change the brand of deodorant you use. I mean to make a major change. Maybe a job change or change the way you eat and look after yourself. It could be a change in the people you hang out with or the people you allow to influence your life. Maybe it is completely overhauling your financial life. Have you ever been at that point and just couldn’t seem to muster up the courage and will power to make it happen? Most of us have been there; some of us maybe at that point right now, knowing that something has to change yet too scared to go for it.
May I give you a little encouragement today? You can do it! Whatever “it” is, you can do it! I know what you’re thinking, “Thanks, P.T., that was extremely helpful!” But it is helpful, you see most of the changes we need to make are not as big as we have made them out to be. We have made them big and hard in our minds. We have thought of all the things that could go wrong, all of the reasons we know it won’t work, and in doing so have talked ourselves out of even trying to change. There is an old proverb that says “The journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step.” Can I encourage you to take the first step? Don’t wait, don’t hesitate, don’t put it off till tomorrow. Do it now. Have the conversation, make the call, send the email, go for the walk, shut off the computer, limit your screen time; whatever it is you need to do, do it now.
Let me leave you with a verse to be an encouragement as you begin to make that change.
“I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.” Revelation 2:19 NLT

-Pastor Tim