Nobody changes until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.

Let’s admit it, change can be hard and difficult at times. We may be reluctant to step out and change because of the fear of the unknown, but we often fail to see the long-term consequences of staying the same. We may simply exist in mediocrity as one who does not face failure but we also never experience the thrill of victory.

Theodore Roosevelt summed it up well in his evaluation of the critic,

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

If you are to grow, it necessitates that you step out in faith. Remember that God is for you – if you don’t step out, then God may stir up your nest to get you out of the safe environment of the nest so you can soar.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. (Deuteronomy 32:11)

Associate Pastor – Discipleship.  The Church at LifePark

Professor of Discipleship, Columbia International University

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