Article June 10, 1996 Issue

What doesn't change?

Joan Sieber Ware

To watch the world, one could easily conclude that life is synonymous with almost constant and dramatic change: floods, earthquakes, and fires displacing people; divorces and separations pulling apart families; job losses and health problems threatening security.

Even expected changes such as seasonal transitions, new jobs, children growing up and moving away, and retirement can bring difficult struggles or wrenching emotions. Yet the Bible teaches us that God does not change: "I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. 3:6). And the Psalmist refers to God as the "rock." He writes: "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust .... Who is a rock save our God?" (Ps. 18:2, 31)

Who doesn't feel the need for God's unchangeable, rocklike presence and power? The Bible assures us that this presence is indeed with each one of us right here and now. "Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord" (Jer. 23:24). "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Heb. 13:5). What comfort and assurance!

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