Alright: Confession Time
I'm a dweeb when it comes to the things of God. I'm inconsistant and sometimes faithless in my Bible reading. I don't always want to be closer to Him today than I was yesterday. And I am not very compassionate toward God's people.
There is good news however!!!!
God Doesn't Change!!
Even though I feel like more of a wretch than the first time I knew I needed a Saviour, even though I continue to sin in what seems like a greater measure than before, and even though I'm stupid when it comes to truly denying myself daily.
God Doesn't Change!!
Here's a comforting quote that I read and was blessed to discuss with some fellow Christians yesterday.
"What peace it brings to the Christian’s heart to realize that our Heavenly Father never differs from Himself. Incoming to Him at any time we need not wonder whether we shall find Him in a receptive mood. He is always receptive to misery and need, as well as to love and faith. He does not keep office hours nor set aside periods when He will see no one. Neither does He change His mind about anything. Today, this moment, He feels toward His creatures, toward babies, toward the sick, the fallen, the sinful, exactly as He did when He sent His onlybegotten Son into the world to die for mankind.
God never changes moods or cools off in His affections or loses enthusiasm. His attitude toward sin is now the same as it was when He drove out the sinful man from the eastward garden, and His attitude toward the sinner the same as when He stretched forth His hands and cried, 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.'"
So What??
Does this mean my dweebness is okay and that God understands my stupidity?
No, don't be daft!! May it never be!!
Sure God understands because He knows all things but that doesn't mean that I can wallow in this idiotic lack of motivation. Just because God doesn't change doesn't mean that it's okay for me to run around in the same set of clothes for the rest of my life. God says "Be holy, for I am holy." I am so not holy!! So what is the remedy?
Tozer goes on to say:
"In all our efforts to find God, to please Him, to commune with Him, we should remember that all change must be on our part. “I am the Lord, I change not.” We have but to meet His clearly stated terms, bring our lives into accord with His revealed will, and His infinite power will become instantly operative toward us in the manner set forth through the gospel in the Scriptures of truth."
Say What?
It is my very unholiness that requires change that only God - the unchanging one - can provide the measure for. And He has given us that measure in the Bible. So... I have to get out of this funk which very often leads me to depression and read the Word of God. I have to make concerted application of it to my life. - What a challenge!! But God is faithful to give me just what I need to do all of this.
He has provided a
Church that
teaches the Scriptures and seeks to
help its people apply it to their daily lives. Through this
Church and its leadership He has set forth a
reading plan that is encouraged among the people so that say someone reading this that is also reading along can say "Hey, are you keeping up?" or " What did you think of this verse or passage?" And hey there may be someone reading this that hs gone through similar stuff that can post a comment of encouragement.
The point is that He has blessed us with the ability to change so that we can grow. We grow physically sure, but He alone insures our growing spiritually.
