Family of God: [FamilyofGod] The UNCHANGINGNESS of God!

dear FG brethren,

While I'm here at the office in town I just thought I'd pause in my work at 11:33 AM/3:33 PM Central Time to share something here. As I was leisurely enjoying a time of fellowship with the Lord in prayer and Bible study during my 4 AM hour/8 AM Central Time, one thought suddenly stood out clearly in my mind:

"Blessed are those who put their trust in the Lord."

I reflected on how the seasons and weather patterns change with the passing of time, how the conditions of this world change for the worse as Jesus' return for the Church draws nearer, how my relationships with both Earthly and Church family members and with friends change as our life circumstances change, how other people's thoughts and opinions about me change as I change, and even how I myself change as I get older. As I thought on these things, my soul and my spirit groaned with fatigue within me and I had to fight back the urge to break down and sob.

"O Heavenly Father, I feel soooo very tired!" I wanted to wail. "Sometimes, others' thoughts and feelings about me and even my individual relationships with each person change so rapidly that I get tired just THINKING about it all! No relationship I have with those who're still alive today who knows me stays the same anymore because we are all so human and so prone to change! Whether I change for the better or for the worse, my relationship with each person and their opinions about me never remains the same! As a matter of fact, positive change within me and within my life often brings about more negative opinions and thoughts about me and my life from them than positive ones due to jealousy and insecurity on their part! I get soooo tired whenever I think on these things, Lord, so please help me! Please remind me daily that You never changed since the very beginning and NEVER WILL! Please, I plead with You to remind me that Your Word is absolute and that whatever You say in it shall surely come to pass whether we believe it or not, since You had clearly stated that it will never return void! O Lord, please help me to rest in the unchangingness and absoluteness of who You are and in the sure authority of Your Word instead of in the shifting sands of both the things of this world and my relationships with everyone else. You are my Rock, and in You alone I put my dead weight of dependence and trust, nobody else. Just You, O Lord, yes, just You!"

His response was the same thought that stuck fast in my mind:
"Blessed are those who put their trust in the Lord."

And then:
"Before Abraham was, I Am."

And that settled it for me right then and there--and even to this very moment of the day...Though the whole world may turn blind eyes and deaf ears on me at one time or another, I need not be afraid because Jesus my Lord will still be here with AND for me!...CASE CLOSED!!!

Jolene.

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