We are continuing to look at making life-altering changes. Making superficial and situational changes we learned are not permanent changes – they are temporary.
Substantial change, that is, a change of attitude can be permanent by maintaining a new, and better, attitude accompanied by changing the direction of our behavior.
However, you can’t steer a parked car. Once we have had a true change of attitude we must act it out. This principle is based on Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall (steer your car) direct your paths.”
But they say (whoever they are), “It is my body; I can do with it what I want to.” This is a dangerous half-truth.
Yes, it is our body and we can do with it what we want to, however, we cannot choose the consequences of our choices. I was free to drink my first beer at age 17, but I was not free to choose not to be a alcoholic until I was 34 years old.
Since God will not force His Will upon anyone, to enact this principle one must do two things simultaneously: (1) We must put your life in motion, that is, we must pull away from the curb-of-life-style we have been living. (2) At the same time we must start riding shotgun, that is put God behind the steering wheel of our life’s vehicle.
Then, and only then, will our life take on a new direction.
