I AM the Lord; I Change Not

December 18

The God we serve is faithful. He is the God of integrity and honor. He is the God of truth and justice. His Word is yea and amen. There is no variance in His decrees. What He said long ago (Psalm 40:1-20, I John 1:9) is viable today. The commands that He gave to Moses when he led the Israelites out of bondage, He expects us to follow today.

God does not change His mind. He does not have a ‘light bulb moment’ when He comes up with a better idea. He doesn’t reconsider His law and say to Himself, ‘Gee, I wish I had stated that another way.’ No. His way is perfect. It has always been perfect; Jesus is the Living Word (John 1:1) and He is perfect (James 1:17).

The psalmist said of Him in Psalm 25:10, “All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep His covenants and decrees.” If there is any time that the veracity of the Lord’s honor, the essence of His being is not visible to us, it is either because our eyes are veiled and our understanding is darkened or because we have somehow reneged on our part of the covenant. We deceive ourselves if we think HE could fail in any way to uphold His holy decrees

If we are honest with ourselves, we will acknowledge that we have failed to keep His covenants. We have gone back on our portion of the agreement between ourselves and our Holy God. But we also know that Jesus has washed us clean of all our sin and failure. As was prophesied in Isaiah 1:18, “Though your sins be scarlet, they shall be washed white as snow.”

We can be restored to right fellowship with our Holy God through our Lord and Savior; and we can enjoy the fruit of His steadfast faithfulness. May His Holy Spirit help us to see our need and bring us to the foot of the cross for cleansing. May He abide in our hearts and allow us the sweet fellowship of daily communion with Him (II Corinthians 3:16, II Timothy 1:14) as He teaches us all things (John 14:26).

May we worship before Him and praise Him for His steadfastness, His faithful integrity, and His great provision in our behalf that enables us to partake of His goodness and mercy and faithfulness and truth. Thank Him for the power of His love that paid for all we have access to through the cross of Jesus.