“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 are never in “discovery mode.” You have never said, “I didn’t see that one coming.” For you created the beginning, rule the present, and already fill the future. The implications of your “sameness” are liberating, peace-giving, and 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 static. It means you are perfect and passionate. We never need fear disappointing you. We don’t have to doubt what you think about us. We can live free of the silly notion that we can put a bigger smile on your face. You already love us as much as our Father loves you. How can we 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; gave Mozart and the Beatles melodies; and you will fill the earth with your grace and glory.
In time… we will experience our hardest stories, vexing loses, and deepest wounds as the theatre of your mercy, grace, and redemption. Thank you, Lord Jesus. May your “never-changing-ness” become the sheets between we sleep, our everyday-feast, and the soundtrack of our life on mission. So Very Amen.