TRANSITIONS ARE MORE THAN A WAY OF LIFE. THEY ARE LIFE.

Transitions are a part of the Divine Design.

The humanity of us likes some transitions while disdaining others.  This has been a Spring of such for many high school and college graduates.  The day I walked away from High School I walked to the edge of the sidewalk and looked back at the school. Never again, I smiled to myself.  It was a wonderful transition.

Yet, in the same life there are encounters with trauma and heartache.  Just the transitions of moving, changing jobs (even careers), standing as casket-side, etc. are truly difficult.  At these moments we sometimes don't know if we can move on through.

Both happen.

The question is not, Will they occur?  The question is, How will I respond when they take place?

The Christian walk is all about that walk being transformed to flight.  We are to grow to soar like eagles.  Transformation hits in such a way that we find ourselves perpetually advantaged regardless of the report or the score.

The word for transformed in Romans 12:2, do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, is metamorphosis; the changing of the woolly worm to the butterfly.  This is God's delightful trek for us!

Embedded within in this concept is a very simple transitional and transformational word; change.

There are those in the religious terrain who mock the need for change.  However, it is one word that will always be expected to describe those who claim to be followers of Jesus.  There is constant need in the church for change.  Elders need to become growing shepherds.  Teachers must stay current on the new revelations coming from the Word of God.  Ministers are to be in steady flux of insight and opportunity for kingdom opportunities.

Transition, transformation, and change are totally Holy Spirit values.  Everything that should be flexible is flexible when of the Holy Spirit---John 3:8.  If you intend to go through life with nothing changing, you have programmed a concept foreign to God.  Furthermore, stick with your mistaken assumption and you will likely become a crusty old sourpuss who makes life difficult for others due to your narrow views.

We have choices.  Either we roll with the fluidity of the Spirit or we stagnantly chirp at those who do.  Life is more than hunkering down within our four Sunday walls and spitting out memory verses to self-validate our faith.  Life is measured in the Divine by constant and consistent adjustment in the maturing process of the Lord.

Transitions are more than a way of life.  They are life.

Are you living?  Or, are you stuck?  The latter can be corrected so that the former can be experienced.