It amuses me that the weather forecast has become as important as it has. A lot of us look at it several times a day.
When planning an event we began looking several days ahead and pay a lot of attention to that “7-Day Forecast.” We do that even though we know that it is not possible to accurately predict what the weather will do in seven days. At best it is an educated guess. Why is that? Because things can change overnight. A front can form, or a system can slow down, or the winds can shift … among other things. Yet we diligently watch.
I really think people look at the Bible and its teachings in the same way, unfortunately. We react to the weather forecasts like they won’t change … yet they do. While we react to the Word of God like it will change … and it doesn’t. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8). That means His Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It has to be … because human, carnal nature is also the same yesterday, today, and forever. Mankind hasn’t changed. We still embrace greed, selfishness, anger, hatred, violence, and lust. Because of that we lie, cheat, steal, and murder.
The Bible addresses each and every vice known to man. It give the solution to all of that and the solution has never changed.
Sure, we can say that we are smarter, healthier, and more productive, but the inner man is the same. What the Bible says is immoral at the time it was written is still immoral. What it says brings pain, suffering, and dishonor in that day does the same
today.
With that truth in from of us, let’s study the Word as often as we watch the weather. Let’s make plans for the future according to God’s Word as often as we do according to the weather.
Say good things about your Savior.
When planning an event we began looking several days ahead and pay a lot of attention to that “7-Day Forecast.” We do that even though we know that it is not possible to accurately predict what the weather will do in seven days. At best it is an educated guess. Why is that? Because things can change overnight. A front can form, or a system can slow down, or the winds can shift … among other things. Yet we diligently watch.
I really think people look at the Bible and its teachings in the same way, unfortunately. We react to the weather forecasts like they won’t change … yet they do. While we react to the Word of God like it will change … and it doesn’t. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8). That means His Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It has to be … because human, carnal nature is also the same yesterday, today, and forever. Mankind hasn’t changed. We still embrace greed, selfishness, anger, hatred, violence, and lust. Because of that we lie, cheat, steal, and murder.
The Bible addresses each and every vice known to man. It give the solution to all of that and the solution has never changed.
Sure, we can say that we are smarter, healthier, and more productive, but the inner man is the same. What the Bible says is immoral at the time it was written is still immoral. What it says brings pain, suffering, and dishonor in that day does the same
today.
With that truth in from of us, let’s study the Word as often as we watch the weather. Let’s make plans for the future according to God’s Word as often as we do according to the weather.
Say good things about your Savior.