The Weight of Change

Even good change can stir anxious feelings. A new job, a move to a different city, a shift in a relationship, or stepping into a new season of life can feel heavy. Change disrupts routines, challenges comfort zones, and raises questions we cannot answer yet. Anxiety often slips in with the uncertainty: Will I be able to handle this? What if I fail? What if this new thing does not work out?

The Israelites wrestled with this in the wilderness. God was leading them into a new land, yet instead of celebrating what was ahead, they longed for the familiarity of Egypt. Change felt overwhelming, so they convinced themselves the past was safer. Anxiety will often tell you the same thing: that it is better to stay stuck where you are than to trust God in the unknown.

But God promises that when He leads us into change, He also provides for us in it. He makes a way in the wilderness. He creates streams in dry places. He does not call you forward without also equipping you to walk into what is new.

Prayer:
Lord, change often stirs anxious feelings in me. Remind me that You are the God who goes before me and makes a way. Help me not to cling to the past out of fear, but to walk confidently into the new things You are doing in my life.

Daily Challenge:
Identify one change in your life right now that feels overwhelming. Write it down, then next to it write Isaiah 43:19 as a reminder that God is making a way even when you cannot see it.