As the World Turns

Values and ideas are ever changing. How humanity understands the world we live in is much different today than it was even 50 years ago, and radically different than it was 500 years ago. New issues arise that challenge us to adapt, that demand evaluation and then, acceptance or rejection. I am now of an age where change comes with much more effort, when the easiest choice for me is to defend the status quo. There was a time when I relished a good debate. Now, I find most of those kinds of arguments tiresome and I am prone to dismiss every new idea as just another fad that will soon pass. In fact, many radical notions have a short shelf life, but some will take root and unless I want the world to pass me by, I must keep thinking, choosing, growing.

Disciple, are you finding yourself troubled by change?
Is it hard to make sense of a world where technology is turning life upside down?
Are you feeling like a homeless person who drifts invisibly through a city unloved?

I do not want to encourage you to look back with rose tinted glasses to the ‘good old days.’ Yesterday’s gone. But, we must not be so enamored with relevance and being ‘cool,’ that we forget the unchanging truths which give us a home and a solid foundation for our lives. What keeps us steady in an ever changing world are the anchor points that do not change, that remain true across cultural lines and from generation to generation. Jeremiah, the prophet to a people who had thrown away their heritage, says "This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." (Jeremiah 6:16, NIV)

The Scripture is clear that God is immutable, not changing, not shifting His ways to meet our expectations. "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17, NIV)

Jesus Christ is the Savior, "the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8, NIV)

Three standards for our behavior never go out of style. "These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:13, NIV)

Here’s a word from the Word. It speaks majestically to the nature of our God. May it be an anchor point for your soul.

"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!


How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!


“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”


“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?”


For from him and through him and to him are all things.


To him be the glory forever! Amen." (Romans 11:33-36, NIV)