Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us
from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes
or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17
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God never changes. He is the same loving, compassionate,
merciful, and saving God that He was yesterday and since the beginning of
time. His mercy endures forever. He has more patience and steadfastness than
we could ever imagine.
That is great news! There is immense security in the fact that He
will always be as He has said. That means that we can believe what the Bible says and that the promises He has made are
true. His eternal plans give us purpose
and significance. His unchangeable ways
will provide steady and firm guidance all our days. His knowledge and wisdom are vast and will
not increase or decrease and his unchanging word equips us with timeless
truth.
His
Promises and Commandments Never Change Either
God does not change which means His
promises never change. The promises that
He made that were written in the Bible all those years ago are still true. He does not change the rules of the game in
mid play. He stands by His word, which also
means that His laws and commandments do not change either. Sometimes we try to modify the word of God to
fit our lives and circumstances.
Sometimes we just make it say what we want it to say. But if God is
the same yesterday, today and forever, and His promises are the same yesterday,
today and forever, then His laws and commandments mean exactly what He said
they mean all those years ago. God does
not give us a pass on sins when we have had a hard day, week, month, year, or
life. He does not understand if we fudge
the rules a little because we have a bad marriage or we have no money and our
kids are hungry and we steal to feed them.
Sin is sin and although He understands our struggles and burdens, He still
expects us to follow His commandments if we are His children. Does that mean we are not forgiven when we
fall? No of course not. It just means we don’t get permission to
disobey because of extenuating circumstances.
So, if God never changes and His promises never change, then
we have to take His commands and guidelines at face value. They mean exactly what they say and we cannot
twist them and change them to fit our agenda or to make us feel better about
our sin that we are consciously committing.
Because if we can change His commands then we cannot believe that He is
the same yesterday, today and forever, and we cannot believe the promises He
made.
We live in a world that is always
changing. A lot of those changes are
negative, like prices changing because most of the time they only go up! I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father that I
know I can trust in and I know I can believe the promises He made. He is my
safe haven, my shelter, my security and peace. No matter how unstable and ever
changing this world is, we can be assured that God will not change.
Scripture
to Claim:
Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 Discover God Study Bible (NLT)
