WHY DO CHRISTIANS CHANGE?

The Barna Group reports that Christians usually change habits or directions in their life under pressure or when things get bad, not because they want to personally walk closer with the Lord. That is a simplified answer to an issue that presented recently on the web.    Having taken many courses in Church History, and taught graduate Church History, I find that this is true to our human nature, and to our human Christian nature! We don't "move" unless we are forced to. By pain and problems we end up drawing closer to the Lord. That's just the way it is, though it should not be such. And, the Bible is full of such illustrations also. Unless we see a reason to adjust our ways, and our beliefs, we will stay the same.    David and Solomon would perfect examples of this behavior, and, if we are honest, this is how all of us react and adjust our behavior. Difficulties cause us to draw closer to the Lord. Can we change this? Probably not because that is just the way it is.    --Dr. Mal Couch 9/10)