He's always the same

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”

⁶ So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”

⁷ Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Hebrews 13:5-8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8

Did you catch the wording of the last sentence in the verses from Hebrews? and the verse  from  Revelation 1?  Those verses can bring the boggling of the mind when you attempt to understand them along with all the various angles they propose.

There is going to be the need for us to admit we know the story of the baby Jesus and his birth in the manger, while understanding that Jesus was also present before the world and the entire firmament were formed.  Yes he was born a baby in his entrance into his physical life, and yes, he was present with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit in the process of creation.  The entire plan of the gospel involves the Son of God coming to the earth, as Paul told the Philippians, to take on the form of a servant.  In so doing, the scripture lets us know when he emptied himself from the heavenly realm he took on the things of the earthly realm.  So, the divine, became human and subject to all the frailties of every other human being.  Add to that the need for our understanding as a human, Jesus also was still the Son of God, and capable of performing the miracles he performed.

Now contrast this with the way our world is heading today.  We are a people of "right now," while being a Christian sometimes calls on us to "wait for the Lord."  I walked into the office of my phone provider last week to pay my bill, and right there where my type of phone was displayed, the newest, fastest, and even the best available, is now advertised in a "close-out sale."  New technology is happening daily and especially in the area of our electronics, but they don't stay new very long. Other discoveries are made and then advertised, and we immediately want the newest phone for today. 

Housing renovations that are made today, will be obsolete in five years, and we will be expected to renovate again, just to get the latest version of everything.  And then we can bring up the auto industry. Those bandits will make everything so appealing with new stuff from year to year, we will not be surprised when our friends start talking about our outdated ride....before it's out of warranty.

Given the chance to make a decision, I am going to put my trust into the eternally proven, unchangeable God who promises to be with me always. His workings go from the point of past, present and future, who is, and was, and is to come.  Your decision may be different from mine, but when considering we have an eternal appointment and destination, I'm sticking with the unchangeable,  loving and forgiving God.

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