“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Heb.13:8)
Lord Jesus, until the Day of all things new and everything beautiful, we live in a world of all things broken and everything unstable. But you are the one glorious exception. You are eternally changeless and timelessly present. You have never said, “I didn’t see that one coming.” For you created the beginning, rule the present, and fill the future. The implications of your “sameness” are liberating, peace giving, and life on mission fueling.
You are gloriously “same” in your love for us. Your love never peaks or dives, waxes or wanes. Jesus, this doesn’t mean you are passive or indifferent. It means you are perfect and passionate in your affection. We never need fear disappointing you. We don’t have to doubt what you think about us. We can live free from the silly notion that we can put a bigger smile on your face. You already delight in us and love us as much as our Father loves you. How can we possibly add to that?
You are powerfully “same” in your sovereignty over all things. Nothing is random in this world, catches you off guard, or is “above your pay grade.” You reign over kings, keep gravity happening, and control the temperature of the earth’s core. You give babies and dolphin their smiles. You gave Mozart and the Beatles their melodies. And on the perfect Day, you will fill the earth with your grace and glory. Hallelujah, and thank you.
Even before that Day—and in fullness on that Day, we will see how our hardest stories, most painful loses, and our deepest wounds have been the theatre of your mercy, grace, and redemption. May your “never-changing-ness” become the sheets between we sleep each night, our everyday-feast, and the soundtrack for our life on mission. So Very Amen.