It seems like the world is fixated on change. I am constantly being bombarded with the enticement of change...change your style, change your diet, change your relationship status, change is coming, change is good. And while I know that change can be important, I’m not convinced that change is all that great. With everything changing at such a rapid pace its hard to keep track of what is right and wrong, what is up and down, how should I be referring to that person, who is the best political candidate, etc. Is it really any wonder why we end up feeling lost and confused?
Even though things are changing in the world we reside in, it is important to remember that our God is never changing. He says in Malachi 3:6 "I the Lord do not change". Hebrew 13:8 also says "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever".
Not only is our God never changing, but He has also given us an instruction manual that never changes. Though the bible may seem outdated, it is absolutely still relevant today! In Hebrews 4:12 it says "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than a double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart". What a blessing it is for us to know that we never have to wonder what it is that God wants from us!
In a world that is changing and will continue to change, we must hold firm to God's word. It is so important to ground yourself in what He has told us about Himself because it has not and will not change! If we allow ourselves to stray from His words and get lost in the changes of the world, we start to become lukewarm and we fall prey to the distractions and sins of this world. 1 John 2:17 says " The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever".
Are you serving the world or God? Has the changing of this world become confusing and too much to handle? Remember that this world will always be changing, but we have a rock to anchor to that does not and will not change! As a last reminder I would like to leave you with this thought.... even though the world is ever changing, we never have to worry about what tomorrow will bring.
Matthew 6:25-34
Not only is our God never changing, but He has also given us an instruction manual that never changes. Though the bible may seem outdated, it is absolutely still relevant today! In Hebrews 4:12 it says "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than a double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart". What a blessing it is for us to know that we never have to wonder what it is that God wants from us!
In a world that is changing and will continue to change, we must hold firm to God's word. It is so important to ground yourself in what He has told us about Himself because it has not and will not change! If we allow ourselves to stray from His words and get lost in the changes of the world, we start to become lukewarm and we fall prey to the distractions and sins of this world. 1 John 2:17 says " The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever".
Are you serving the world or God? Has the changing of this world become confusing and too much to handle? Remember that this world will always be changing, but we have a rock to anchor to that does not and will not change! As a last reminder I would like to leave you with this thought.... even though the world is ever changing, we never have to worry about what tomorrow will bring.
Matthew 6:25-34
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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