DAILY?READINGS: Leviticus 25; Psalm 139; Mark 10:1-31
For I am the Lord, I change not. Malachi 3:6
It is good to reflect on the changelessness of God. It was, and is, His unchanging nature which spares Israel from being consumed by Him. He made a covenant with Israel, but while God kept His side, Israel repeatedly broke theirs. They murmured. They complained about the water and food God provided freely for them. They ignored His ordinances that governed the order of His worship. But judgment for their sin was restrained by the changelessness of God. We similarly depend on His steadfastness. We change; He changes not. —Doug Kazen
I am the Lord’s! Oh eagerly and gladly,
Triumphantly and greatly we sing;
I am the Lord’s! He is the rock unfailing,
To which our storm-tossed souls in danger cling. —Fanny J. Crosby