Why should we expect God to do anything new in our life?

It is not uncommon for people to live today and expect there to be improvements, changes and advances in almost every area of life. If you talk to people about what a computer might do in 5 years, what the car will be fueled by or what a cell phone will be able to do; you will hear a number of creative answers.
Yet when it comes to the church many people live as if next year will be the same as this one. I will admit that the people of God have been bombarded with “things are going to change” and yet they set in what seems to be the same meetings year in and year out. With the exception of music and the projector, many churches are exactly as there were 50 years ago.
Talks of revival and unity sweeping the nation have not materialized. The raising up of Apostles and prophets who can heal the sick and foretell the future looks more like a new wave of organizers have added “Apostle” to their business card and prophecy is about telling one another that God loves us.
The reason I want to address this issue is because things are going to change. We, modern American Believers, tend to think in very short terms. If we do not see something materialize in a few weeks, even days at times, we move on. Could it be that our love to move on to the next short term good and exciting thing is the very thing that hinders lasting change? I think it is!
Spiritual change is often the result of someone being faithful in an area and then another person coming along who can build on what the other guy has done. Having few who desire to build on the foundation of another we tend to tear down the other guys work and start our own. So we end up with as much rubble as “creative advances”.
We all will see lasting change as we honor those who have gone before us and love others as we love ourselves. Once we defeat the need to be special because of my “special” and “unique” calling, we will be able to have deeper relationships that support and help each other. Some will build great things on the foundation someone else labored all their life to establish.
You can become a part of the new by honoring what others have done and joining with them as God leads. You can be one who breaks the cycle of “starting again”, by being one who honors, loves and values others as much as you do yourself..