
We can’t think new things, because God doesn’t change,
doncha know!
And there's some truth in that: God does declare, “For I the LORD do not change; therefore
you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6)
And the New Testament declares, “Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)
Yep. It’s true that God doesn’t change. He’s the same
forever.
But that doesn’t mean that change is ungodly. Think about
it:
► That
God who never changes is an unchangingly creative God!
► He
is the One who declared, "Light, be!" when there was no light.
► He
is the One who decided to create man in his own image, when there had never
been anything created in God's image before.
► He
is the One who proposed a covenant of intimate personal relationship (Ex 19:6)
into a nation of slaves who knew no covenant, and who rejected his proposal
outright (Ex 20:19).
► He
is the One who put on human skin, who became a living, breathing, squalling,
pooping part of his creation so that he could re-offer a covenant of intimate
personal relationship.
► He
is the One who is always creating something new, whether it’s manna in that
generation or wine in this generation, or a new heaven and a new earth in this
other generation. Or stars. Stars and planets before there were any
generations.
► He
is the One who has adopted us, changing us, removing our slavery to sin and
hell and making us his own children, his own heirs, and his own friends.
So yeah: God never changes. He's always the same, always changing
everything around him, always up to something new and different that we've
never seen before, always creating new ways to bring people into his family.
This is the same God that declares, “Behold, I am doing a
new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in
the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
(Isa 43:19)
Yeah: THAT is the God who never changes. He never stops
being good, he never stops loving you and me, he never changes who he is. That’s
really good.
But please stop trying to tell us that new things are evil
because God doesn’t change. God is the greatest source of new things this
universe has ever seen!
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