How naïve it is for man to think that the present condition in which one finds will last forever. Most of the Wealthy, healthy, famous, and powerful people might never imagine their condition in life to be the opposite of what they are now, and so do also the poor, nameless, suffering, and the weak. Yet, history and experience tell us that no human being can avert the impending change in life, be that either from positive to negative or vise versa. Life is bound to bring change and for most people whose present is filled with pleasures; change might come as a way of paying the price for it because the nature teaches us that there is a seed time and harvest; whatever one sows that will he or she reap and does not necessarily need to wait for the after-life to pay the bills. Particularly, if the wealthy, healthy, famous, and the powerful have obtained all these present pleasures at the expense of fellow human beings, then Change for them can be merciless and in a moment of time all the present pleasures can turn into misery.
The poor, nameless, suffering, and the weak may also think that their condition might never change, and most of them indeed resign to a life of misery with no hope for the future. However, change for such people is good news; it is good news because their time of misery might be coming to an end. But this change will not come to them automatically and even if it came, they might never be able to take advantage of it because of their willful resignation; they might never see the change coming their way. But those who see it coming and take hold of it, they will rescue themselves from the life of misery and establish themselves into a life of hope and possibilities.
Behind this change lies the invisible hand of God that guides human history to his story and we are all characters in his story performing our parts; he determines what roles we must play. The Bible claims that God is the defender of the needy and the weak; and if our present pleasures are drawn from the exploitation of other human beings in any form, change means price. Because God is the defender of the weak and the needy; the poor, nameless, suffering, and the weak can have hope that change will come their ways and when it comes, it will be a reward instead of the price to pay.
If we find ourselves into miserable conditions, we need to look to God and begin to understand his will for us. As Christians, we have better chances in understanding the heart God has for us. God gave his only begotten son for us so that we could be free from the bondage of sin, Satan and death. God has translated us from the kingdom of Satan to the kingdom of his dear son; from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. If anyone is in Christ he/she is a new creation. This is a remarkable change God has brought for those who need God's help. Through God's help, we can bring positive change into our way of thinking and living; we can change our misery into miracle of meaningful life where wealth, health, honor and power are means for a blessed life and not the ends in themselves.
Peter quotes Isaiah and says that man is like grass and James says that we are like mist. Both of these elements remind us that our life on earth is brief. We are going to see amazing changes as we travel out of this world and the Bible is clear that what kind of life we live here on earth has relationship with the quality of life we will have in the other side of time. Therefore, let us not be proud in what we have at the moment; it can just be taken way in no time. Also, let us not be discouraged when we are going through hard times; they will not last forever and through the power of God's word, you can bring in the positive change that you need.
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