Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever”.
A man dialed a wrong number and got the following recording: “I not available right now, but I thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes “.
Isn’t it wonderful to know that our God never changes? He’s never too busy to listen, never too weak to help, and never too unloving to care.
He is the same God as yesterday. The same God who delivered Daniel from the lion’s den, David from Goliath, and the children of Israel from Pharaoh is our God right now. We can look back through the pages of the Scripture and see that God has always been faithful.
He is the same today. Things around us change every day. Our friends change, our jobs change, politics change, economies change, our bodies change, the weather changes. Our life is full of constant change. But what a comfort to know that God never changes! He is always faithful, always present, and always loving.
We live in a society that has a distorted view of God. When the prophet Isaiah saw his vision of God in Heaven, he saw a God who was transcendent in holiness. Around His throne, seraphims cry out with unceasing worship, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory”.
God could have chosen any attribute of His character and nature to highlight. He could have commanded the seraphim to cry out, “Love, love, love”, or ” Just, just, just”. But He has especially created angels to declare His holiness.
To understand that God is holy means that we understand how far His standards for righteousness are above our own. He can never fail nor deceive us, His children. No one who truly grasps how exalted God is can do anything except fall on his face and worship Him.
When angels appeared to men and women in the Bible as angels (sometimes they appeared as men), the immediate response was terror. In fact, the angels almost always had to calm the person they visited with the words, “Fear not”. And that is just the angels – God is far above them in His glory and grandeur. An appreciation for God’s holiness will give us a holy reverence and fear of Him that will cause us to examine our ways and make sure we are walking according to His will.
He will be the same forever. No matter what trial you face in your future, God will be there with you. We can be comforted in knowing that God will never leave us. Hebrews 13:5 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for He hath said, I will never leave thee, not forsake thee”. Christ will not leave us in life, and He will not leave us in death. God will be the same for all eternity, and we can rest in His Faithfulness.
What A Privilege It Is To Serve A God Who Never Changes. Anchor Your Hope In God’s Unchanging Faithfulness.
Pastor Paul Okonkwo
Independent Baptist Bible Church (IBBC),
New Haven,
Enugu.
