When we are young, we try new things which sometimes can be bad but we go for them anyway. As we are getting older, we opt for stability but hate mobility. The word “change” seems to be the product of young generations, but it may not be so.

As we read the story of Moses, we discover that Moses was an ordinary old man refusing to change like all of us when he was at the age of 80. When God appeared to him in the burning bush and called him to lead his people out of Egypt, Moses reluctant to follow his command. He had plenty of excuses; so to speak, he refused to change. He said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11). “Suppose I go to the Israelites and tell them you have sent me, how do they know who you are?” (v. 13). “What if they do not believe me or listen to me?” (Exodus 4:3). “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, . . . I am slow of speech and tongue” (v. 10).  After a series of back and forth conversation, Moses responded to God straightforwardly, “O Lord, please send someone else to do it” (v. 13). Moses was unwilling to change and take the new challenge even if the command was dictated by God. Moses finally obeyed because God promised to go with him and have his brother Aaron accompany him.

Moses changed his mind and returned to Egypt to lead God’s people out of bondage in Egypt because God appeared to him and promised to stay with him. Likewise, the apostle Paul become a changed man from a persecutor of Christians to a martyr of Christ because Jesus also appeared to him in a dazzling light and His Spirit stayed with him.

However you are old or young, you will be changed when Jesus comes to stay.