Forever faithful

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.

You and I change and grow. Sometimes we change and die. But humans are always changing.

There is a funny saying that floats around these days: “People never change.” But it is not true.

People are fickle and change their mind, their behavior, their commitments and their priorities from season to season and sometimes from day to day.

Usually when someone says “people never change” they are referring to a person’s stubbornness or their inability to overcome bad habits. But the reality is that when selfishness, wickedness and worldliness is at work in someone, they DO change, but only for the worse.

On the other hand when Jesus is at work in someone’s heart and life, that person is enabled and empowered to change, by His grace, for the good and even to a point of becoming like Jesus.

But one thing we need to remember, recognize, and celebrate is that God is forever faithful. He is always the same. He doesn’t need to learn and grow because He already is perfect, holy, good and all-knowing. He doesn’t need to change because there is nothing He needs to repent of. The beautiful thing is that because God is ever faithful, you and I have the opportunity in every situation and circumstance of life to be changed for the better.

Please today, tell the Lord how thankful you are that He is always that same. Thank God for His faithfulness, His perfect and unchanging character of holiness, kindness and love. Ask the Lord to always be by your side and thank Him for always being faithful to every one of His promises.

And please, ask the Lord to change you so that you will allow His eternal faithfulness to flow into and through you, so that you will not be tossed by the winds and waves but instead will grow up into maturity and wholeness in Him!

Thank you Lord for ever and always being faithful!