Read the transcript from today's video devotional.
One thing is certain. Life involves change. There used to be an old song that used to say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. There's another song called "Seasons Change." If you think about it, life is constantly changing. What happens with change is sometimes it's very easy to be unstable.
I used to love skateboarding. I was actually okay for a kid who grew up in the Midwest, but my kids finally got one of those rip sticks. Not four wheels, like a skateboard, but just two wheels. I got on it. I thought I could be really good at it, and I'll never forget. The board flipped underneath me and I fell right on my elbow.
That's the type of instability that happens sometimes if we don't handle change the right way. Our Verse of the Day addresses some of these important things about change when it addresses God. The writer says this in Hebrews chapter 13 verse 8.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Two Principles of Change
There's two principles of change I want to look at today. As we look at Hebrews again, the book of Hebrews is all about Jesus Christ. He is superior over everything, over every person, over every Old Testament figure. He is the One whom we are to worship.
First Principle: Life's Full of Change
As I mentioned, I have several children now. I have a grandchild coming. Health changes, job changes, all kinds of things in our life change. So, you and I have to be ready for change. How do we do that?
Second Principle: Jesus Never Changes
Very simply, Jesus never changes. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I love the verse in Lamentations chapter 3 which says, His mercies are new every morning. I want you to think about that. As you listen to this, you're living the new mercies that are for you. Today, and then tomorrow, and all of your days going forward. You're going to be living these new mercies for the rest of your life. They're not going to run out.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today. He's immutable—a big theological word. He's unchanging forever. This is incredibly comforting because if God wasn't true, if He wasn't holy, if He wasn't righteous, we would worry, is God really going to show up today like He did yesterday? Is He really who He said He was? He's really this way forever. Infinite. He really is. The Bible says it's impossible for God to lie.
What This Means for Us
As you think about this passage in Hebrews chapter 13, I have a couple of thoughts. If Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever—number one, He can be trusted. You can trust Him. I should trust Him. If we don't, it's easy to worry, isn't it? Jesus said, in Matthew chapter 6, Don’t worry. Don't worry about what you're going to eat, what you’re going to drink, or what you’re going to wear. Look at the birds. I take care of the birds.
Scientists have said that there are around 18,000 species of birds. Of all the animals Jesus could have said to look at, He says, look at the birds because they're everywhere. I want you to look at those little birds, and I feed the birds. I'm going to take care of you. Why? Because I'm the same yesterday, today and forever.
Jesus can be trusted, and because He can be trusted, Jesus should be followed. You and I should follow Christ. As we look at this beautiful verse, He's the same yesterday, today and forever. You can trust Jesus and you should follow Him. I love that little song we sing in Sunday school, trust and obey, for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He is for you. Romans chapter 8 verse 34 says, Jesus Christ is praying for you. Romans chapter 8 verse 26, the Holy Spirit intercedes for you. You have God on your side. You have a God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Let's trust Him. By the grace of God.
Let's follow Him because He's forgiven us all of our sins. He took the greatest debt that we have. Today, let's trust Him with our lives and live for Him.
