Stops & Steps 1797 13Sep2011

Changeless

We face many transitions in life and realize how rapidly our world changes. Change can be positive or negative, but in either case we need to adjust to it.

In Malachi God says to Israel, “I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendents of Jacob, are not destroyed. He implies that Israel has turned from God and gone back on her covenant responsibilities. She has changed in her relationship to God. But God reaffirms His love. He does not go back on His covenant promises. He pleads, “Return to Me and I will return to you” (Malachi 3:7).

In this changing world we often stand guilty of changing our loyalties from God to the enticements of worldly progress. But God, who sent His Son to fulfill His covenant promise by dying on the cross for our sins, declares to us, “I the LORD do not change.” He provides solid ground for us as we come to Him in repentance. Indeed, we have “a changeless Christ for a changing world." We can see God’s hand in change and turn to Him for strength until He calls us home eternally.

Malachi 3:6
I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

Stops & Steps 1797 13Sep2011