Thursday, April 27, 2017 - What Lasts Forever? - Daily Word

Daily Word

Psalm 102:25-28

Commentary:

In life, so many things have changed... It is scary, really scary.  Nothing stays forever.

Just in two years, you can experience a career change, newfound friendship, illness, death.  Good or bad, a life altering experience may be lurking just around the corner, waiting to pounce!  We simply don't know.  What great comfort, then, to know that our loving heavenly Father does not change.

The psalmist says, "You remain the same, and your years will never end" (Ps. 102:27).  The implication of this truth is immense.  It means that God is forever loving, just, and wise.

Whatever the attributes of God were before the universe was called into existence, they are precisely the same now, and will remain so forever.

In the New Testament, James writes, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).
In our changing circumstances, we can be assured that our good God will always be consistent to His character.  He is the source of everything good, and everything He does is good.

It may seem that nothing last forever, but our God will remain consistently good to those who are His own.

Psalm 102:25-28New American Standard Bible (NASB)

25 “Of old You founded the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 “[a]Even they will perish, but You endure;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
27 “But You are [b]the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 “The children of Your servants will continue,
And their [c]descendants will be established before You.”