Change and why we dont like it

The old adage is that "people resist change."

That phrase has bothered and haunted me for years. Personally I love change. It always is exciting for me. I love the adventure. I thrive on the how is this all going to play out.

What I have come to is that people don't like change because it forces them out of their comfort zone.

Change in the workplace forces them to learn a new system or a have a new manager. Its sometimes hard.

Change in the church causes unknowns, forces a person to trust God and their leaders, not just their own stable feelings they have been feeling for years.

The bottom line is change forces growth, and growth hurts. The benefits far out way the pain, but in the moment people don't want the pain, so the resist the growth and then assume they don't like change.

To grow spiritually you have to change what you have been doing. You have push yourself to read your Bible, pray more, even speak to someone about coming to church, or better yet share with them what God has been doing in your life. But all that hurts, because you have to sacrifice time, and maybe your favorite reality show, or you have to sacrifice your own fear and pride to speak to someone. It hurts, and because it hurts we resist it to the point that we don't do it like we should. When the benefit of growing in Christ far out ways the pain of change.

Yet at the end of the day, too many will still resist it.

Where are you at today?