Our Unchanging God

2013 has come to an end. It may have been one in which we have experienced changes in our own life situation, and those changes may not have always been for the better.  However, one thing we can be certain of is that our God has not changed. The unchangeableness of God is implied in His very name, Jehovah, "I am that I am" (Exo 3:14), and this Name testifies to a God who does not change.  Malachi records “JEHOVAH changes not” (Mal 3:6), for change could imply imperfection; we change to either become more or less perfect, but our God isn't like that.  Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God (Psa 90:2).  Note:

· His divine nature hasn't changed.

· His promises haven't changed.

· His care for His people hasn't changed.

· His love for us hasn't changed.

· The value of the blood of Christ hasn't changed.

· He is no less righteous today than He was in the beginning. "I change not".

· No word that He has spoken will fall to the ground

· He is still the rewarder of those that diligently seek Him

· He is still a just revenger of those that rebel against Him.

· He is as much an enemy of sin as He ever was.

Jehovah appeared to Jeremiah and told him he was loved with an everlasting love,  Jer 31:3. Not loved just for a long time but from all eternity, for this love is like Himself, sovereign, unchangeable, and everlasting. The love of God we experience did not commence in time with our faith, repentance, and obedience - these being the fruits and effects of it - but is from all eternity, and this love will endure to everlasting, without any variation or change, and nothing can separate us from it (Rom 8:39). His love was not a momentary impulse, but from “everlasting” to “everlasting”.

It is amazing that the all perfect, all sufficient God, knowing the sinfulness of man from before the foundations of the world, would set Himself to come to this cursed planet. And it is even more amazing that once here, the Author of Life would be prepared to die for a people that would swear in His Name, pluck the beard from His cheeks, and  mock His Holy person. God is love and He changes not (1John 4:7-9).

The Christian may be rich to-day and poor to-morrow; he may be sick to-day and well to-morrow; he may be happy to-day and to-morrow he may be distressed and down in the dumps - but there is no change with regard to his relationship to God.  If He loved us yesterday, He loves us to-day.

The unchangeableness of God is the anchor of our faith. The perseverance of the saints is guaranteed, not by our unchangeable love to God, but by His unchangeable love to us.

It’s good to report too that Jesus Christ is the same today as He was at the beginning of last year. His presence, His power, and His care have not changed. His compassion also is changeless. He has promised never to leave nor forsake His own, (Mat 28:20; Heb 13:5). And more than that, we can have the assurance He will be unchanged through 2014. He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending. It is then with a holy boldness that we may truthfully say, we will not fear.