THE UNCHANGING CHRIST
One of my favorite New Testament verses simply
declares that “Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and
today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) We
are infinitely blessed by the ultimate dependability of our God. In the words of the prophet Jeremiah, “great
is Thy faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:223)
When Lloyd C. Douglas, author of “The Robe” and
other Christian novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house.
On the first floor was a retired music
teacher who was infirmed and immobile. But every morning those two had a ritual they
would go through together. Douglas would
come down the steps, open the elderly man’s door, and ask, “What's the good
news?” The old man would respond by
picking up his tuning fork, tapping it on the side of his wheelchair and saying,
“That's middle C! It was middle C
yesterday; it will be middle C tomorrow; it will be middle C a thousand years
from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat;
the piano across the hall is out of tune; but, my friend, THAT is middle C!”
This gentleman’s attitude had been literally
transformed by the discovery of one powerful truth on which he could depend – one
constant reality, one still and serene point in a turning world. For us Christians, our one still point in this
uncertain world is The Unchanging One in whom there is no shadow or hint of turning.
And His name is JESUS CHRIST!
Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and
please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.
Maranatha!
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