Changes

♪Everything it changed overnight. This dying world You brought it back to life and, deep inside, I felt things shifting, everything was melting away. And You gave us the most beautiful of days♫ -Relient K "In Like A Lion (Always Winter)"

Changes. They are inevitable. Eventually, almost everything changes. Schools change, people change, preferences change, life changes. However, there is always an exception to the rule. Hebrews 13:8 has the exception to this certain rule. It reads "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His love never changes, His standards never change, He never changes. Thank goodness! Can you imagine serving a wishy-washy God?? One of the best things about God is that He is a solid rock, firm in all He does. Psalm 18:2 says, "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock in whom I take refuge."

Now this blog entry was not originally to write about how God never changes, but rather what He changed.  Around 2000 years ago, He changed everything. He sent us the greatest Christmas gift we could ever ask for, a savior. Jesus Christ came as a man to save mankind. We have made a horrible world out of the perfection that God initially gave us, and everyday we choose to sin, we choose to disobey God, we choose to separate ourselves from Him. We need Him to save us from ourselves. Just like the lyrics above read, "This dying world You brought it back to life and deep inside I felt things shifting, everything was melting away." There is good news! Just like the angel said to the shepherds so many nights ago "I bring you glad tidings of great joy!!!" We too have glad tidings of great joy from God. He can make all things new. He restores each season, and breathes life into all living things, so what makes you think that He cannot change your heart? Anyone who has had an experience with God can relate to the feeling of things shifting, feeling renewed and transformed, and feeling their old self melting away. Ephesians 2:5 says, "Even though we were dead in our sins, together with Christ we are made alive-it is by grace that we have been saved." 

The last part of these lyrics is my favorite part. He bring us the most beautiful of days. We have future hope because of the choice that God made to send His son for us. It is in Christ that we find eternal joy, eternal beauty, and eternal life. He is the wind at our backs and the sun on our face, promising that the best days are ahead if we walk with Him by our side. I challenge you to stay focused on how God changes things in your life, and to testify how He works in your life. 

*I apologize if this blog seems a bit scatterbrained...its late, but I felt like writing. Merry Christmas!!