There are several factors that can change people. There are several factors that Influence the evolution of man’s personality and culture. These factors are so numerous that they cannot be listed exhaustively.

Yet, they can be categorized into three Es.

These Es can change people both positively and negatively. They can be either good or bad influences on people.

A. ENVIRONMENT: The environment in which we find ourselves in life matters a lot. This environment could be in the aspect of people, places or things. But whatever it is, it has to change first before our lives can change.

The environment in which we live has a great effect on how we function in life.

For instance, a fish cannot function in land nor can a bird in water. If a fish must excel and live at its best, it must be in the water.

Do you want to live a great life?

Then you must create the right environment for greatness.

If you want to live free from depression and pain, then you must surround yourself with an atmosphere of positivity and joy.

In several places in scriptures, we find validity to this fact. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, discover that whenever God wanted to make a precedent through a man, the first thing He did, was to separate that man from His past environment.

God desired to bless Abraham, but before doing that, He changed Abraham’s environment.

He said to Abraham, ”Go ye out of your father’s house to the land that I’ll show you”.

He changed the environment first from his father’s house to another land where Abraham could conform from his father’s culture, to God’s own Culture.

The same could be said for Moses.

God wanted to change his life but to do that, He had to change his environment from Pharaoh’s house to the wilderness and then with the Israelites, where he could live the life God had predestined for him.

If you want to succeed, you must live in a successful environment. You might find yourself living amongst the heathen like Daniel in Babylon, or Joseph in Egypt. But you have the choice to make on the people, things and information you allow into your personal space.

2. EXPERIENCE: Experience might not be the best teacher, but experience is definitely a valuable teacher.

Truth is, you’ll know best what you’ve experienced yourself. There are certain things in life you cannot know from books, lectures and mere education. You can only know them from experiencing it yourself.

Experience goes a long way in shaping the inner and outer disposition of people. There are ladies who are very hateful towards men generally, all because of having fathers who bullied their moms while growing up.

Experience can also affect someone positively. The trials of David were meant to strengthen him for the tasks he would face and the wars he would fight as king.


So when God wants to change a man’s life, He’ll sometimes let them go through certain things that’ll serve as a means of prevention of the recurrence of certain errors they’d gone through, which eventually would have them changed in life.

C) ENCOUNTER:
This one is Divine. It speaks of when men meets with God, or with Angels who are sent on God’s behalf.

An Encounter with God is enough to change your life instantly and forever.

In the scripture, Jacob as we all know was a cheat.

But after he encountered God in Genesis 32, he became Israel.

Moses was a mere shepherd, keeping the sheep of his father-in-law, even living in Jethro’s house. But an encounter with God transformed him from a shepherd of sheep, to the shepherd of a Nation; from a mere man, to a ‘god to Pharaoh’.

In Judges 6, we find Gideon hiding in a threshold, away from the oppression of the Jews’ enemies. An Encounter with the Angel of God, transformed Him from a hiding Jew, to one who led the Jews into Freedom and religious reforms.

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These three Es mentioned are very essential for a transformed life.

You must have godly environment. An environment that will spur you to greatness. Not your mere external environment, but your personal space.

Move with the Great. Befriend the wise. Learn from the Experiences of others. And most importantly, spend time in God’s presence, beholding His glory, and encountering His wisdom more and more.

Stay Blessed!

Written by: Jemifor Zaphenathpaaneah Roland