THE ONE WHO DOESN'T CHANGE

"I the Lord do not change." – Malachi 3:6 (NIV)

Welcome to the New Year and the New Millennium! And we all survived! The sun rose and the sun set on January the first just as it has for thousands of years.

While some things never change, we can't say that about life in the last century. I read that if we were to put all the world's knowledge from the beginning of time until 1845 on a graph it would measure only 1 inch tall. From 1845 to 1945 – just 100 years – the graph would measure 3 inches tall. But from 1945 until today the graph would be as tall as the Washington monument.

Change, rapid change, has become the order of the day. They say that today's average worker will need to be retrained at least three times during his working career to keep up with all the changes. Changes in technology, our manner of living, relationships, beliefs, philosophy, manner of dress, morals, and so on is happening so fast it is difficult to keep up with it all. It can leave us reeling and stressed to the max.

And while we have learned how to put a man on the moon and talk to him while he is there, we hardly know how to talk to one another in a meaningful manner when we are in the same room! Much of our modern education with access to almost unlimited knowledge has taught us how to make a living but it hasn't taught us how to live.

And without an anchor for the soul we can be left floating on a restless changing sea of uncertainty and insecurity. But for those who have faith in God, of this one thing we can be absolutely sure. . .he changes not! His love is from everlasting to everlasting and he is still in control of the world and universe no matter what.

In the U.S. we have engraved on our coins, "In God we trust." But until that is engraved on our hearts and we genuinely trust in the God who changes not, we will have no lasting security.

T.O. Chisholm wrote:

   Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
   There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
   Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not,
   As Thou hast been Thou for ever wilt be.

   Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
   Morning by morning new mercies I see;
   All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
   Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

"Suggested prayer: "Dear God, thank you for your faithfulness and unchanging nature. Help me to trust in you no matter what, knowing that you are in control and hold the world in your hands. Please hold my life in your hands, too, as I yield the control of my life to you. Gratefully in Jesus' name. Amen."

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