Our reading of the Bible takes us into a
different world, the near Eastern world as it was thousands of years ago. In
that world we meet people like; Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, the prophets,
and John the Baptist and of course Jesus. And, we can also read about the early
beginnings of the church from the Book of Acts and on through the Epistle
letters. It’s all very interesting, but it seems so far away, so long ago. How
can this have any effect or help those of us who live in 2015 the age of technology?
The link between the past, the present,
and the future is God. The God of the Bible is the same God of today. I
could sharpen that point even more by saying he is “exactly” the same God, because
God never changes. In Malachi 3:6 we read “I the Lord Thy God changeth
not”. And, this scripture from the Book
of Revelation tells us that God is the “Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and
the end”… From everlasting to everlasting, He is God. So, in our pursuit to
know God better, let’s look at some “change-less factors” concerning God;
1st. - God
himself never changes.
Created things have a beginning and an end,
but not God. This is one of those mysteries that will put you in the nut house
if you try to figure it out rather than just accept it. We cannot ask the
question “Where did God come from?” because God always existed and it was He
who created everything else. God will always exist, He has no end, because God
is eternal and in eternity there is no time. That’s all we need to know! Unlike man, God does not grow older. He does
not get stronger or weaker. He does not gain or lose power. He does not get any
wiser over time. He cannot change for the better … because He is already
perfect!
In
Exodus 3 God told Moses that his name was “I Am”. God did not say “I was” or I
will be” but “I Am”. So, if you ask “God, were you in the past?”… He would say
“I Am”… So, just like Moses, Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob…we serve the great “I
Am!”
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