1 Unchangeable Love

Change. Everything around us changes. Nothing remains the same. There is a cycle of change that rules not only our world, but our lives. The natural order of things is built around change. In fact, you could say that without change everything we know would end. Change means having to adjust to the unfamiliar which can be uncomfortable and stressful. Change is something that presses us out of our comfort zone. It is inequitable and doesn't care who or what you are. Change is for the better or for the worst, depending on where you view it. It can have a ripping effect on those who won't let go.

Change does not stand still. It is always on the move. Maybe that's why we celebrate the familiar so much. Think of the excitement of seeing a familiar face, or the joyfulness when we hear a familiar old song. In this world of constant change, we look for little bits of familiarity to make us feel safe and secure. When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house. Downstairs on the first floor was an elderly, retired music teacher, who was infirm and unable to leave the apartment. Douglas said that every morning they had a ritual they would go through together. He would come down the steps, open the old man's door, and ask, "Well, what's the good news?" The old man would pick up his tuning fork, tap it on the side of his wheelchair and say, "That's middle C! It was middle C yesterday; it will be middle C tomorrow; it will be middle C a thousand years from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat, the piano across the hall is out of tune, but, my friend, THAT is middle C!" The old man had discovered one thing upon which he could depend, one constant reality in his life, one "still point in a turning world."

For Christians, the one "still point in a turning world," the one absolute of which there is no shadow of turning, is Jesus Christ. Arthur Pink says, "It is one of the excellencies of the Creator which distinguishes Him from all His creatures. God is perpetually the same: subject to no change in His being, attributes, or determinations. Therefore God is compared to a 'Rock' (Deut 32:4, etc.) which remains immovable, when the entire ocean surrounding it is continually in a fluctuating state; even so, though all creatures are subject to change, God is immutable."

What a comforting feeling to know, that in this world of change, God is immutable; unchanging. No matter what else is going on in our lives, or around us; God remains everlastingly the same. He has always been; is now; and always will be the same. From the deep dark past to the bright future, God is perpetually the same (Malachi 3:6). The reason for so much change in our world is because of imperfection. Things have to change, nothing can remain the same. It is not in our nature to be unchangeable. That privelege is reserved for one alone; our Lord Almighty. His love for us is unchangeable. He loves us as much now as He did then. So in your moments of despair or loneliness; when it seems that your world is spinning out of control. There is one who stands firm, like a mighty Rock against the hurricane winds of life; offering stability and security; familiarity and serenity. Let Him wrap His loving arms around you and welcome you home like a long-lost loved one. And always remember that our hope is not in ourselves, but in God!

~Eve