DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD REMAINS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – GOD REMAINS

"You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail." (Hebrews 1:11-12)

We live in a throw-away culture. We even have a name for it – planned obsolescence. They don't make stove, refrigerators, washers and dryers to last like they used to. The phone makers count on the fact that people will buy the latest model of I-phone, even though the old one works well enough. Clothes wear out, and cars end up in the auto wrecker's crusher.

Is there anything that we can count on to last? Even the heavens and the earth will perish – as Peter wrote, that the heavens will pass away with a great noise Both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. The heavens will be dissolved and will melt with fervent heat (II Peter 3:10,12). Now that's what I call climate change.

The fact is that nothing of a material nature will last forever. It will all change. Even our bodies are constantly changing until the time when they will return to dust, or they will be changed when we are caught up to meet Jesus.

There is only one thing that will not change. That is God and His Word. He will remain, whatever else happens in or to this world. Our world and our lives change, but He remains. And His Word remains. The Psalmist declared this truth when he wrote, "Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89). And Jesus said, " 'Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away' " (Matthew 24:35).

So when things around us are in a state of flux and nothing seems secure, we can be confident in our God who never changes. Governments may change. Relationships may change. Our economic status may change. But when everything around us changes, God remains.

Love, Dad