The Unchanging

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."  Hebrews 6:19a

Probably the most unchanging quality of life is that it is constantly changing. It is never static. Thomas Wolff wrote a book entitled You Can't Go Home Again. Home, and the people in our home towns, change; so, we can never go back to the same place where we grew up.

It is true that we need changes in our lives to help us stretch and grow, but we also need something--actually Someone--Who is eternally unchanging as an anchor for our lives, our goals, and our faith. The hope we have in God through Christ is "an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast." This anchor holds us firm and steady through all our circumstances regardless of how fiercely the winds of change assail us.

God tells us in Malachi 3:6, "For I the Lord do not change." Hebrews 13:8 tells us that our Savior "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and, yes, forever." God's Word never changes. We have seen the meanings of many words in our society come to mean something entirely different than they did originally, but God said what He meant, and He meant what He said, and it will stand for eternity. His promises are as true for us now as the day they were written down.

Hebrews 6:19-20a in The Message says, "We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us..." Thank You, God. Thank You, Jesus. Amen.