One of the greatest dangers in transition is the temptation to look back. We tend to romanticise the past and call them ‘the good old days,’ but clinging to what was, can keep us from what God wants to do next. God says:
‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?’ (Isaiah 43:18-19)
Transition means leaving behind what is over so you can step into what is new.
LEARN FLEXIBILITY
Change rarely arrives the way we expect. That’s why flexibility is key. I once heard it said: ‘Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken.’ In Jeremiah 18, God is pictured as a potter shaping clay. For the clay to become what the potter intends, it must remain soft and pliable. In the same way, we must stay surrendered to God, allowing Him to shape us through the season of transition.
KEEP A TENDER HEART
Transition can harden people if they’re not careful. Disappointment, pain, or fear can cause our hearts to grow cold. But God desires tender, responsive hearts:
‘I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.’ (Ezekiel 36:26)
A soft heart allows God to bring healing, wisdom, and growth in the midst of change.
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