You Have What It Takes to Be the Change You Want! The only thing permanent in life, the saying goes, is change! If you are tired of the way things have been going in and around you, then know that it is time to initiate a change. Do not expect others to do it for you if you are not willing to get it done! Stephen Hawking said, “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” It is time to discover same! Stop looking at the situation of things in life, finding fault, or pointing accusing fingers. Instead, identify your area of strength and push towards that direction. You are not ordinary! There is something extraordinary about you. You must, however, understand that extra and ordinary are two different words. Measures must be applied to bring both words together. Yes indeed! The raw materials used in creating you are too expensive such that your Maker can never stand to see you fail. Or probably it is yet to dawn on you that you are a desire, dream, and eventual design of Jehovah Adonai. The Lord your God says that you may have failed or fallen, but you are not a failure. Put yourself together and go for that change you desire and long for. Notice the fact that no one finds life easy! Even the Lover of your soul who made you in His image and after His likeness never promised an easy life. The Lord rather assures that with Him, all things are possible. Your efforts in the past may not have yielded fruits because you went solo, thinking that you were equal to the task. Of a truth, you are, but you must acknowledge Him, commit your ways unto Him, and let Him lead you. When the Ancient of Days leads and you follow, there will be no missing the way. Should danger loom, the Lord takes completely over, bears you in His palms, and does the working all by Himself. Change is on the way, but you must champion its course! This is the truth you must endeavor to embrace. It is he who feels it that also knows it. Anyone wearing the shoe knows where it hurts. Much as God is All-Knowing, He does not force anyone against their will. Let Him in. Ask Him to have His way, for by strength no man shall prevail. Whatever you say no to cannot stand! Hear this and believe it: “Your destiny is in the hands of just two people; you and your Maker.” Any other is an intruder! Intruders can delay one’s destiny, but they do not have what it takes to deny it. Be therefore strong, bold, and courageous. If it fails to click today, tomorrow is pregnant and will give birth to heart-warming and joyous things. Do not be faint-hearted! Keep going. Keep striving and keep believing. Shalom!