Many transitions are made in a lifetime. Leaving what was familiar and stepping into what may not be fully known can create some anxiety. However, life is filled with transitions. Not only are those transitions associated with movement from an old year to a new, but also with regard to day-to-day activities, school, jobs, relationships, economic status, etc. The thing that can make these transitions easier is through focusing on what does not change. In order to keep our bearings in life and to remain on the right path, we need to fix our eyes on what remains constant.
We read in Malachi 3:6, “For I am the Lord, I do not change…” The nation of Israel needed change – to return to God – and the encouragement to do so was based on the consistency of God’s gracious and loving response when true penitence is present. God knows the heart and is eager to restore those willing to return.
We know that we can expect good gifts from God. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). Our Father never withholds from us what we need. Because of that, in the midst of a changing world, we are still trying to become what God wants us to be.
Let us pray every day that we allow God to have His way with us, so that our lives (in spite of changes) will possess the consistency of action that demonstrates the wisdom of living life His way. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
