Resisting Change
Generations exist for a purpose. Somehow, we get stuck in previous generations--at least, in the way that things were done in them. It's like pressing the rewind button over and over again--but expecting to hear a different song. That's us! We wonder why things don't get better or change, even when we continue to do the same thing--maybe we give it a new name, but it boils down to the same program. I wonder what might have happened if Elisha received Elijah's mantle and did exactly what Elijah did even though he asked for a double portion? Suppose Gideon decided he would leave the groves of Baal intact to avoid angering his father and his community. Better yet, what if Jesus decided the right hand of God was where He wanted to stay, and didn't think saving the world was worth His time--or His blood. Ridiculous, maybe; but consider our actions and perhaps you might see the folly in them, as well. God has not stopped calling men and women to work for such a time a