When I grew up in the 50s and 60s, change didn’t seem as “changeable.” Most of our parents remained married. They remained at the same job. School began after Labor Day. Grocery stores closed on Sundays. We attended the same church year after year. We watched only three TV channels that shut down at midnight playing the National Anthem. Continuity reigned and with it, created a sense of security.
Those days have slipped into the history books of our lives if we are old enough to remember. Changes reflect both the happy and the sad. Having an encounter with our Lord that transforms and gives us hope. Meeting the love of our life, changing from single to married. Children coming along changing us into parents. Accepting a dream job that changes our lifestyle. Conversely, change brings sadness like divorce, accidents, ill health, addictions, or the passing of a loved one.
In 2018 with news changing hour by hour, with instability invading areas of our lives accompanied by anxiety about the future, we can count on two “unchangeables.”
First, relying on the words of the most profound and popular book in history assures us of security and stability. James 1:17 reminds us, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Hebrews 13:8 carries the same theme, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” And Isaiah 40:8 offers us this truth, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”
Secondly, while we learn about our Lord in scripture and His eternal Presence, we also prove and embrace biblical truths in a deeper, personal way when we choose to walk in the ways of Jesus with the necessary and enabling help of His Holy Spirit.
Our Father of lights doesn’t change. The word of God is forever. Jesus is the same every day.
#CountOnWhoNeverChanges!
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