Change
often doesn't come easy, even when it's for a godly purpose. When change requires making adjustments for ways
to function in relationships, there seems to be a particularly stiff
resistance. Stubbornness, to some extent, can work for your good but often
serves as a detriment to happiness.
Stubbornness is most often perceived
as being inflexible, but intimacy requires flexibility that's essential to feeling
acceptable and loved. Stubbornness is designed to get your way and is therefore
a controlling device, but it may isolate you from those who love you. Stubbornness even
makes it difficult to hear God's voice because hearing God's voice will require
you to make changes.
The
Lord God in Psalm 81 has this to say. "But my people would not listen to
me, nor submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow
their own devices." Choosing to change begins by recognizing your stubborn
heart. Letting it go can be the loving and accepting decision that opens the
door for you to experience the true intimacy God intended.
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