I CHANGE NOT

 

SEPTEMBER 26.
 
I change not.
Malachi 3:6

 
NO one can use this language but God; for all other persons, and all things change.
 
We are constantly changing, either for the better or the worse; but Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
 
His nature is unchangeable. His office is permanent. His love is immutable.
 
He is the Rock of Ages, the unchanging Sun of righteousness.
 
This is our comfort, we have one who always thinks of us, loves us, and cares for us, without any variation.
 
This is the ground of our confidence; Jesus is always the same.
 
We may expect him to sympathize with us, confer blessings upon us, and appear to supply and deliver us; for he is in one mind, and he has promised to do so.
 
Could Jesus change, our confidence would be destroyed, our hope would dwindle, and our comfort must decay.
 
But he is the same, and his years fail not.
 
Let us this day, amidst all the changes we may witness, amidst all the trials we may endure, rejoice that we have an unchangeable friend in the person of our beloved Redeemer; and let us endeavour to exercise faith in his word.
 

What a changing world is this!

Void of all substantial bliss!

All we see beneath the sun,

In successive changes run;

But our Jesus proves the same

Endless blessings on his name.

 
James Smith 1849