Forever settled

“Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” - Psalms 119v89


Things change. We all know that. Perhaps we have gone back to a favourite restaurant after a few years with find memories of a special dish only to find that management has changed and the food is not the same. We may go back to a place where we once lived with memories of all the good times, and discover that everything has changed. Friends have moved on with their lives and we have gone in different paths. Seemingly everything changes and there is nothing we can actually rely on to stay the same.

There is one thing we can depend on to stay the same. God’s word never changes – it is forever settled in heaven. No matter what else happens in life we can always go back to the word of God with absolute confidence that it will not have changed. Some of the most ancient Bible manuscripts in the world are housed in the Chester Beatty library in Dublin. Even with my limited knowledge of Greek I can make out some of the words that are there and they are passages that I am familiar with. This speaks well of God’s preservation of His word on earth, but even more exciting is the truth that God’s word is preserved and totally settled forever in heaven.

Praise God that there is something that never changes – God’s prefect word.