Even the Cutest Baby Stinks If He's Not Changed

Question: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: Only one, but the light bulb has to really want to change!

Psychologists have long been puzzled at human resistance to change—why does a child of an alcoholic grow up to marry an alcoholic? Rick Joyner calls it the TYRANNY OF THE FAMILIAR! For us who profess Christ as Lord, we are being conformed to His image; so we have a lot of changing to do!

There is a warning in Jeremiah 48:11 about failure to change. Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has settled on his dregs; and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel…therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent has not changed.
In ancient times, wine was improved by pouring it from vessel to vessel to purge it of dregs. Moab is pictured as unpoured wine -- settled and at ease, refusing to change. But he is stagnated—he smells awful. Pouring is a metaphor for change. As God’s child, you must be ‘poured’ from one experience to the next to reach maturity until you are FILLED to fullness with Christ’s life (see Colossians 2:9-10).

As you are EMPTIED of your ‘self’ and FILLED with Christ, you become a sweet aroma (2 Cor. 2:14). If you are feeling frustrated, depressed or anxious today, you probably aren’t emanating a very pleasant fragrance to those around you. The question is: WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?