It was SO good to spend some time with you and Kristine and your family at Theo's party and in your beautiful new home! Thank you so much for the tour! I have been sensing that the Lord is going to be bringing some people your way who feel that they could never know God because of their lifestyle, their past or even things done or said recently. With that in mind, the word for this week is "change". We'll be looking at these verses:
Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? KJV
Jeremiah 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. KJV
Malachi 3:4 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. KJV
These are all the Hebrew word "shanah". Strong's Concordance says: to fold, to duplicate, to transmute (change in form, nature, or substance). Brown-Driver-Briggs says: to repeat, to alter, to disguise. I love that our God says that HE changes NOT! We can count on Him ALWAYS to be true to His Word. He's not moved by emotions, but by His Word. That great good news is what those without God, or who have once known Him and then moved away, need to hear and know. If I happen on any given day to 'feel' as though I am not close to God anymore, I have THIS witness that HE hasn't moved at all, but somehow I have. The answer, of course, is to get myself back to Him. Knowing that no matter what 'we' may have done, He is right where WE left HIM, should give us confidence in every situation! When we draw near to Him again, He is already there! There is a new song on the "People" album by Hillsong UNITED that covers these things very well. It's called "Highlands (Song of Ascent)":
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
