My two and a half year old loves to sing.  Absolutely loves it.  However, he doesn’t always get the words right; or does he?

As we’ve been singing songs of praise and worship to God during our family worship times at night, one of the songs we have been teaching our boys is, “Happy Day”, by Tim Hughes.  The chorus goes like this,

“Oh, happy day, happy day

You washed my sin away

Oh, happy day, happy day

I’ll never be the same

Forever I am changed.”

Well, my son got mixed up a few times and starting singing, “Oh, happy change, happy change.”  This made me think about all of the people who say that they are saved, but who have no evidence of truly being changed or changing because of Jesus’ life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and imminent return.  The initial change: the conversion (the transfer from death to life and from darkness to light (Colossians 1:13-14)) is indeed something to celebrate and praise Jesus for.  However, we should also celebrate and praise our Savior for the change He is working in us everyday by His Spirit.  Jesus purchased our entire salvation, including both justification and our progressive sanctification (Titus 2:11-14; Ephesians 5:25-27; etc…).  Therefore, everyday can and should be a happy day for the true Christian, both because of the everlasting benefits of the wonderful initial change of conversion and because of the ongoing change of sanctification that He is working in us everyday (I Thessalonians 5:23-24). 

Oh, happy day, oh, happy change!