-November 19, 2021-
Good morning, happy Friday,
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
(Hebrews 13:8).
Jesus is God, and therefore, He never changes. The theological term is called immutability. God in His very nature is perfect. Unlike human beings who must improve or they may digress. In Malachi 3:6 it says, “I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.” Job recognized God’s sovereignty and immutability when he said in Job 23:13, “But He is unique, and who can make Him change? Whatever His soul desires, that He does.” We look back on yesterday, live in the moment today, and look forward to tomorrow, knowing God will always be the same.
• Yesterday – Our Lord Jesus Christ died for us, rose again, and ascended back to heaven. When we look back on the past we recall how faithful He has been. He has always taken of us. We don’t live in the past, but we remember His past blessings, mercies, and promises fulfilled. He has heard our prayers and answered them.
• Today – Just as Savior was faithful in the past, He is faithful in the present. Today is the only day that we live in. Today we can live for Him and serve Him. The words of the Gaither song say, “We have this moment to hold in our hands and to touch as it slips through our fingers like sand, yesterday’s gone and tomorrow may never come, but we have this moment today.” Let us live today according to His will and rely on Him fully.
• Forever – Jesus will also be the same tomorrow and forever. The future is in His hands. Just as He has been faithful in the past, He will be faithful in the future. We can count on Him. We can set our clocks by the Lord’s faithfulness. It gives us such hope and confidence.
The hymn writer Albert B. Simpson wrote, “Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same; All may change, but Jesus never — Glory to His name.” Because He never changes, we can be so confident in Him and count on Him.
Have a blessed day rejoicing in our changeless Christ. Stay safe and healthy.
In His grace,
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 