“I am Jehovah. I do not change.” Malachi 3:6

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The beauty of Christ is that he has not changed and will not change.  He is perfect.  His perfection was not aspired to or attained.  It always was and always will be. Wow!

Think about it, his perfection makes it easy (read logical) to worship him.  We are accustomed to worshiping things and people who are not worthy, and who ultimately damage us.  Only worship of God truly lifts us. We want to make our relationship with him about us and our faults and foibles. On the contrary, it should be about his supremacy, his unchanging nature and best of all his grace.  Even if we become our best self, whether we acknowledge it or not, our need for Christ will still be desperate and that need will not diminish.

We are imperfect so we seek change.  The recipe for that change often comes in the form of the acquisition of material things, and advice from whoever is nearby or whatever is trending.  These change agents are transforming on a superficial level.  Profound transformation of our very soul comes only from the one whose perfect sovereignty means he has not and will not change.

For me, the eternal nature of God is a comfort.  Nothing better is going to come along.  There is no upgrade.  My investment of time and energy will yield benefits into eternity.  My emerging understanding of Him has to do with my growth, never his.  He doesn’t evolve, I do.

When I read the words, “for I am Jehovah, I have not changed,” I think, “of course not”!  God is the Alpha and the Omega!  There is no change when you are everything.  What a relief and a privilege to praise Him.

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