"If God Could Change, He Wouldn't Be God"

These past five years have been the most change-filled of my entire life.

Five years ago this month, I closed my beloved business of 35 years.  My first wife of 38 years, my Mother-in-Law and I moved to Ocean County, NJ and both of them died of cancer within a few years.  Two of our three kids got married within the past 5 years, and I now have five grandchildren instead of one.  I remarried a wonderful Christian woman from our church and I now have two STEP-children.  And, after over 40 years as a Christian, I've begun teaching a weekly Sunday School class at our church, in addition to preaching in a few non-church settings.  (There have been many other "firsts" in these last five years, as well...too many to mention in fact.)

Yes, MY life has changed, but it's good to know GOD hasn't changed!

The Bible says God is the same yesterday, today and forever and that's good news because it also teaches that He's in control of all that happens and it's all working together for the good of His people.  Frankly, if God could change (like WE do), He wouldn't BE God because change either makes you better or worse, and He can "do" neither.  God can't get WORSE because that means that something is able to diminish Him and is more powerful than Him.  And, if He could change for the BETTER, doesn't that mean He's NOT already Perfect?  Think about it!

The future is always uncertain for us, that's why Jesus said we don't know what a DAY may bring forth....never mind five years.

But it's good to know that the one true God, the One who controls all things and is working them together for my good, will never, ever change.