God never changes
Time has rolled, and we find ourselves in a new year. In reality, nothing much, if anything, has changed, except we now date things with 2025 instead of 2024.
With most banking done electronically, I seldom write cheques anymore. That means I have fewer opportunities to date things wrong. I confess that when naming this file, I initially typed in 2024 and had to change it.
When we awoke on New Year’s Day, we found the same problems and opportunities as when we went to bed. Fortunately, God remained the same.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 ESV
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, but you are the same, and your years have no end. Psalm 102:25-27 ESV
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. Malachi 3:6 ESV
Most Christians have some concept of an unchanging God, but I don’t think we stop to think of how important that is.
God knows and is sovereign over everything. He is perfect, loving, and merciful, but if He changed, that might not be so.
We are secure in our salvation and eventual eternal home. If He changed, we would no longer have that certainty.
God never lies and keeps His promises. A changed God might not.
A god who isn’t perfect and unchanging isn’t a god at all. They might be powerful beyond our understanding, but they wouldn’t be worth worshipping and couldn’t be trusted.
Amid the unchanging nature of life, it is good that we have someone unchangeable to hold fast to.
We know that if we belong to Christ, we are justified and in the process of being made holy. We are safe in His hands. and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit.
God doesn’t change, so we can be secure in that truth. Even on days when we might not feel like those things are true, they remain anchored in Him, and we can stand.
Praise God for His unchanging nature and hold fast to Him.
Be blessed
Hallelu Yah / Praise God
Kevin
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