Jesus: I Am the Same

December 6

Some people believe that though there is indeed a Creator God who fashioned the universe, He is not involved in the affairs of His vast creation today. They subscribe to the theory that He made everything, wound it up and then pretty much left it to itself.

This erroneous notion flies in the face of all the evidence and defies the words of Jesus who said, "I am the same yesterday, today and forever," Hebrews 13:8. We who have prayed and received answers to our prayers would be among those who would testify to His profound involvement in the affairs of men.

There is the young woman who was told she had a deteriorating kidney and the treatment required to save her life would kill her unborn baby. After prayer, that dire prospect was totally reversed. The young woman was well and she delivered a perfect child.

Modern-day miracles abound because Jesus said, “The works that I do, you shall do, and even greater works than these because I go to be with the Father,” John 14:12. The only condition to the fulfillment of the promise is that we “ask in faith, nothing wavering…” James 1:6.

Although He can reward anyone, in any way He elects to do so, most of His miracles are for those who, “…believe that He is and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently seek Him,” Hebrews 11:6. In fact, the beginning of that verse states, “Without faith it is impossible to please Him.”

But beyond the realm of our personal experiences that evidence His supernatural involvement in our daily lives at the point of our needs, many scientists understand that concepts like gravitational pull would fail without His keeping power.

If physical evidence in the natural realm is not sufficient to convince us that God sees and hears and cares about what is going on in the universe He fashioned, we have the words of Jesus in John 5:17 that attest to the fact that the One who made us endeavors continually to accomplish His plan for His people. Here the Lord says, “My Father is still working and I am working also.”

The primary work that God is striving to complete is the salvation of souls. That is the great scheme of Heaven—to bring as many as will believe home to glory. The Holy Spirit that stirs in your heart is striving to lead you home—God’s great and glorious work then, the work that was established in Heaven (Revelation 13:8) and completed by Jesus on the cross—is to share heaven with you, with me, with everyone who will embrace our Christ as Savior and Lord.