Learning to Embrace New Things: Bible Verses About Change

Nothing stays the same. That’s a good thing, because variety helps us stay engaged, and it stretches us to be creative as we engage with new situations. We discover new things about ourselves and our capacities as we make our way through fresh situations, and that growth is necessary. While this is all true, that doesn’t mean that change and newness are always welcome, nor are they always easy to manage.

Being adaptable helps you cope with change, and it also helps to have a welcoming attitude toward different things. Yes, they may take you out of your rhythms and established patterns, but they can show you parts of yourself you never knew existed. Whatever you like and consider a mainstay in your life was once a new thing.

Bible Verses About Change

Consider the following Bible verses about change when you’re going through a new season or life transition.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. – Ecclesiastes 7:10, NIV

Consider this possibly mind-blowing fact: today is going to be, in years to come, the good old days. When you constantly yearn for what was instead of what is, you stay stuck and don’t embrace what today may bring. That includes any change that may come your way.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins. – Mark 2:21-22, NIV

Jesus told this parable to explain why He and His disciples were not fasting. He was not behaving in the expected way, and that’s because something new, Jesus Himself, was happening. This was not the time to be fasting, but to celebrate while the Son of God was present among us.

By clinging to their own understanding of how things were supposed to be – in other words, by being like old wineskins – the people were unable to embrace the new thing that had happened among them. To embrace new things, and this includes a fresh movement of God’s Spirit, requires an openness to what God may be doing.

This is in no way slamming traditions or tried and true ways of doing things. it is simply to suggest that it is possible and wise to have a good balance between doing what is tried and true, and remaining open to change and new things.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! – 2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV

Jesus changes everything! When you believe the gospel and become a child of God, He transforms you in innumerable ways. Many passages of Scripture detail what happens, and the many blessings you receive when you become a disciple of Jesus (Ephesians 1: 1-14). God pours out His Spirit upon you, equipping you to live a life pleasing to Him (Romans 8; Galatians 5: 13-26).

You no longer live life to please yourself, but to love and serve God and other people, recognizing that it won’t always be smooth sailing. Your outlook on your life, how you handle money, think about sex, handle conflict, and how you deal with power and various life circumstances all change. You are a new person with a new calling to follow after God.

Christian Counseling for Life Transitions

Change isn’t always easy. Sometimes you need someone to walk with you into changes, or to help you carefully consider the implications of making certain changes in your life. If you’re looking for additional support beyond these Bible verses about change, consider talking with a wise and trusted friend or a professional such as a Christian counselor in Agoura.

They can help you with thinking through an upcoming change, or they can help you work through any fears while equipping you to be the best person you can be in a new season.

Change is inevitable, but you can handle it with confidence and make the most of it. Reach out today to speak with a counselor at Agoura Christian Counseling to engage constructively with change in your life.