In the midst of yet another campaign season, we are again hearing a lot of complaining about how "everything has changed." Neither of the two major candidates is a traditional Christian by any stretch of the imagination (one believing in a God who used to be a man and the other believing, apparently, in nothing at all). Homosexuals are "demanding" the "right to marry," which is nonsense in any sense other than the legal sense. Television continues to be filled with wickedness, movies are "getting worse," children are "getting worse," etc. etc.
What is amazing about this is that we remain amazed at the fact that everything changes. Stop and think for a minute. Take a really simple example: maps. Here is a map of Europe from 1957, the year I was born.
What is amazing about this is that we remain amazed at the fact that everything changes. Stop and think for a minute. Take a really simple example: maps. Here is a map of Europe from 1957, the year I was born.
Now, here is a current map:
They aren't the same, are they? And this is without any multi-national wars in the meantime. Things change. Things always change. Big things change (borders) and little things change as well, such as cars. Here is a 1957 and a 2012 Chevy Impala:
Not the same, are they?
Everything changes in our world. Music and books change. Hobbies change. Clothing changes.
Everything changes in our world. Music and books change. Hobbies change. Clothing changes.
Every season we see new things, new ideas, new "stuff." Everything changes.
Except Christ. This, I think, is one of the things that makes church so "hard" for us to handle. God does not change. We change, both individually and as groups, but God does not change. We grow and learn and prosper and fail. He does not grow or learn or fail. He remains the same. We live in a world of confusion, but He inhabits an eternity of His own creation where everything makes sense to Him. Everything changes. Except God.
So, let's decide that we will not waste today complaining about change. Yes, the changes around us impact us, but what matters most to us will never change. Whatever happens to nations, to car designs, or to clothing, nothing will ever happen to God. He remains, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Except Christ. This, I think, is one of the things that makes church so "hard" for us to handle. God does not change. We change, both individually and as groups, but God does not change. We grow and learn and prosper and fail. He does not grow or learn or fail. He remains the same. We live in a world of confusion, but He inhabits an eternity of His own creation where everything makes sense to Him. Everything changes. Except God.
So, let's decide that we will not waste today complaining about change. Yes, the changes around us impact us, but what matters most to us will never change. Whatever happens to nations, to car designs, or to clothing, nothing will ever happen to God. He remains, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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