Building Up Our Hope
When I was young, I sang an old hymn called Hold On To God’s
Unchanging Hands. The lyrics were, Time is filled with swift transition, naught of earth unmoved can
stand, build your hopes on things eternal, hold to God’s unchanging hand. Hold to
God’s unchanging hand, hold to God’s unchanging hand; build your hopes on
things eternal, hold to God’s unchanging hand.
It is astounding how things are changing. In the sixties, I remember happily looking
forward to the boxy Apple Macintosh 512K. Now, I have 8 gigabytes in my cell
phone. In education, politics, science,
and industry, our world is changing at a break neck pace. Most of us are trying hard to keep up with
changing paradigms, career patterns, culture, philosophies, and religions.
But thank God that He never changes and lives forever (Psalm 45:6). He is the same God yesterday, today, and
forever (Hebrews 13:8). His word never
changes (Psalm 119:89). The world may redefine behavior and call it acceptable
in polite company. However, what was
disobedience to God years ago is still disobedience now. Obeying God still
brings great benefits and disobeying has terrible consequences (Proverbs 15:6).
I know that it is important to know what is happening in the world
and to appear to understand how people act and think. However, let us remember that while men will
change on a dime, our hope for our future rests on an eternal God. He is
consistent and obeying Him will always benefit us.
Psalm 45:6
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6 Your
throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the
scepter of your kingdom.
Hebrews 13:8
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8 Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Psalm 119:89
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8 Your
word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
Proverbs 15:6
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The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings ruin.
The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings ruin.
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