Change Management -the God Way

UV 1368/10,000 Change Management – the God Way.

He must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3 v 30

The uni-verse talks about change management the God way. As the sun rises in the east, the moon declines and sets on the west. Similarly, as Jesus the Morning Star, the Sun of Righteousness rises in our lives, our own egos or sense of self should decline. Like the moon we have no light of our own. Whatever truths we know and experience in our lives are what has been revealed by Jesus. The principles we follow are what are taught to us by Him. The blessings we have and enjoy are all given by Him. We are His reflectors. We are held in place by His grace like the moon is held in its orbit by the gravitational force of the sun. John the Baptist who spoke these words said that he was unfit or unworthy to even untie the lace of his shoes. Yet Jesus spoke of him as the greatest among those sent by God and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than him.

As we mature in faith, we will confess as Paul did, “ It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.” Our own strength will decline but His strength and power working in us will increase. Our wisdom and understanding will decline but His wisdom and understanding will increase in us. He deserves all the honour for making us who we are. He deserves all the praise and glory for redeeming us who were vessels of clay in order to become vessels of honour. As we lower our heads, He will raise us up. He teaches us to go for the more significant and important. He teaches us to invest in the eternal. By attribution of all the good in our lives to Him and the consequent thankfulness, gratitude and worship that goes up to the Lord, we decrease and He increases. The iceberg of the hidden and sinful or wilful self will melt in the presence of the Lord.

Our self consciousness or our awareness of our limitations will also decrease as we increase in our awareness of the presence of the Lord in our lives. When our knowledge of who He is and the extent of His power and resources increases, the limitations, the constraints, inhibitions that keep us from realizing our potential in Christ also cease. Our fears will decline even as our faith increases. When we decrease, we acknowledge that we are nothing without Him and with Him, we “can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The uni-verse talks about a fundamental shift or change in perspective, perceptions and priorities of life once we begin to follow Jesus. It is a commitment to change for the better all the time. We need to consciously humble ourselves more and more, empty ourselves of our own vain thoughts and desires in order to be filled more and more with the grace of Jesus. When the fruit of the Spirit in our lives and character, namely love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control increase, then we decline and He increases in us. Our speaking for ourselves and our goals and achievements will decline even as our witness in word and deed for Jesus will increase. The end result is that the world around will see more of God and Jesus in us and less of our old selves in us.

Prateep V Philip