God's unchangeableness

"For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. – Malachi 3v6

We talk about ‘the more things change the more they stay the same’ but in practice things do change. Life is not the same as it was when I was a child. Fifty years ago life was dramatically different. This is not the time or place to debate the goods and the bads of that change. He have medicines we never could have imagined. Technology has made it possible to stay in touch with family and friends in ways we could never have imagined. Relatively low travel costs have made it possible to get together with people we might never have seen.

On the other hand we live in a generation when sin is more generally accepted. The idea of sanctity of marriage is passé for many. Immorality is no longer shameful but is even glorified. It is not as easy or acceptable to live for Christ as it once was.

So life is different. Governments and styles and mores all change. It is hard to know what we can depend on. Politicians fail us. Our spiritual leaders disappoint us. Friends turn on us. Even family can let us down.

But One never changes. ‘I am the Lord I do not change.’ The context here spoke of how even though they were in rebellion and must be judged He would never cast them off because they were His people and He was their God.

But the general statement is true – God never changes. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. All things may change, but He stays the same. When we read His word we can take great comfort in the fact that the God we read about there is the God we serve today. We can can’t on Him. He is no less powerful, no less merciful, and no less knowing now than He was then.

Praise God for the comfort to be found in His unchangeableness!