For I am the LORD, I do not change: therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. – Mal 3:6

Scripture reading: Mal 3:1-7a

God does not change, that is God in His being is never increasing or decreasing. His being, attributes and will are unchanging. Coming closer to the end of this month, we are confronted with ongoing change. What a comfort to know that everything about God never changes! God is completely dependable; He is stable like a Rock, while we are more like the ever-changing waters of the ocean.

A.W. Pink shows how comforting this really is, “However unstable I may be, however fickle my friends may prove, God changes not.” If He varied as we do, if He willed one thing today and another tomorrow if He were controlled by caprice, who could confide in Him? But all praise to His glorious name. He is ever the same. His purpose is fixed, His will is stable and His word is sure.” And what is even more comforting, is that when we are in Christ by faith, our salvation doesn’t change either!

Malachi shows that despite the fickleness and fraud of God’s people, God is faithfully and patiently inviting their repentance; that’s why they are not consumed. James, in 1:17, shows that every truly good gift comes from the Father of lights, with Whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning. We all know shadows are turning all the time as our planet keeps moving, but God never changes.  Through Christ alone, THE greatest Gift of all, God provides true stability for our lives!

Suggestions for prayer

Thank God for His unchanging character and wonderful dependability. Pray that knowing Him as such would translate in great and unwavering trust and stability in our lives.

Rev. Pieter van der Hoek has been serving the Heritage Reformed Church of Burgessville since 2017. This daily devotional is also available in a print edition you can buy at Nearer to God Devotional.