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Change and Continuity
The older we grow the more acutely aware we are of how things change! Look back a few years and marvel at how your own life has undergone one transition after another. Some changes were welcome, some not. In the last five years perhaps your family has experienced deaths, births, and marriages. Such is life.
It is one of God’s mercies that usually changes don’t all come at once but gradually, giving us time to adjust. Another of His mercies is the way He provides many things that stay the same, adding continuity to our lives.
God Himself doesn’t change. He is still in control of our universe. He makes the sun rise in the east and set in the west─without fail. The law of gravity has not been repealed. Up is still up, and down is down. Right is still right, and wrong is still wrong.
Jesus doesn’t change. What He was yesterday He is today and will be forever (Heb. 13:8). He continues interceding for us when we pray (Heb. 7:25). He still reigns over His kingdom (Heb. 1:8). He is still the only way to the Father (John 14:6). His blood still cleanses (1 John 1:7).
The Bible doesn’t change. It is still God’s powerful word, capable of providing us with the truth that saves our souls (Acts 20:32; 1 Peter 1:23, 25). No matter how much our surroundings change, the Bible continues to serve as the reliable guide it always has been.
Other things that provide continuity to our lives are the Lord’s Supper, prayer, and fellowship, and the never-changing promises of God. Hope remains as an anchor for our souls (Heb. 6:19).
Thank God for all the changeless amid all the changes of our lives.
