Repentance is a call for change. The Greek word for repentance is METANOEŌ. It means a moral compunction. It also means to think differently or reconsider. It is a reconsideration of what has been that gives birth to a change. This change first begins on the inside, before it manifest itself in visible godly character. All heroes and heroines in the Bible encountered such transformation. The initial change anchored their faith in the living God, and then other changes followed, shaping their view of God and of life generally. As they received better light, their mindset and attitude were transformed in honour of God.

Those who refused to change in any form showed their aversion to the fear of God.  In other words, your willingness to make changes shows that you fear God. Furthermore, changes are also a proof of maturity.

Invariably, the changes in those believers became the proof that they had the fear of God in their lives. Our passage gives us a litmus test for the fear of God. Those who refused to change in any form showed their aversion to the fear of God. In other words, your willingness to make changes shows that you fear God. Furthermore, changes are also a proof of maturity. Giving up things that have kept us bound from fully following the Lord is ample proof of spiritual growth. Those who believe in the maxim of “business as usual” give themselves away as those who care little about their relationship with God.