Where do you go when you need a lifechange?

"For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me and by it slew me. Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful." Romans 7:9-13 kjv

"I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me. therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful." nkjv



Before I knew God and His Word, I had a certain quality of life, but when I would come up against the commandments, (When I would hear a sermon or hear the Bible read) all the evil in my soul arose to kill off the good in me. So rather than dealing with the problem: MY SIN, I believed the devil when he said, 'if you go that way you'll totally loose yourself and never amount to anything in this life'. But the law was the mirror that showed me my sin and the law (God's Word) is holy, able to change death into life. All the stuff that I wanted and had, I thought, had to die - no ambition, or desires, no possessions. . . God forbid! yet the only way my sin (selfishness) could be seen and dealt with, was the to be measured against God's goodness. . . as seen in the life of Jesus, who fulfilled the law when he emptied himself to become my Savior. I had to die to my ambitions, desires, possessions. (To) is the key word here. Then by surrendering my will to His I have the exchanged life now and forever! What a deal. I traded my old empty life which I thought so good, for total life in Him. My ambitions were re-directed, my desires were cleansed and my possessions became a holy trust, not ownership, just stewardship. This makes me an associate rich person - I don't have to pay the mortgage or the taxes on the stuff, and by being God's kid, He allows me full access to all that is His, and Honey it is massive!

~ Oh Joy! In Jesus I have the exchanged life! I really like the change!