Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
The calendars flip over again in a few hours. But if you think about it, what is this
really about? Every 30 or 31 days we
flip the calendar over from month to month and we don’t make a fuss about
it. We don’t stay up till past midnight
and have a party. But every twelfth time
we do. It’s not because it’s a biblical
command or anything. The passing of one
year to another is simply an event on a calendar devised by human beings. Yet we hold on to it at least partly because
we want to think that things are going to be different in the New Year. Changes are going to be made, hopefully for
the better. We make resolutions. We plan.
We hope.
Tonight’s flipping of the calendar is about change. Not only the change from one year to another,
but changes in our lives. There are
changes that we can and will make, changes we hope to make. But there are also changes that will happen
that we have no control over. We will
just have to come to terms with them.
As we come into a new year, it’s good that we do some
reflecting on what this means. It’s good
for believers to be circumspect – to be thoughtful and reflective. We need to meditate and carefully think about
what’s going on in our lives. With
2014 just hours away, we are faced with
possible changes and inevitable changes.
But there are also solid truths that will be the same. There is someone whose person and work never
changes. Though our lives may be in
flux, he is a rock. Jesus remains the same yesterday, today and
forever.
Today, in the present, Jesus Christ represents his people
in heaven. He represents you. Today, as in the past, he intercedes for us
and pleads our cause at the right hand of God.
Not only that, but he sympathizes with our weaknesses. That sympathy perfects his intercession.
In the future, we may continue to expect our Savior to intercede for us. We also can be confident that he will
continue to be our perfect teacher, teaching us the will of God concerning our
redemption. He won’t leave us in the
dark but will come to us through his Word and Spirit to teach us and lead us.
And, of course, we are sure that he will always be our
faithful King. As he was in the past and
is in the present, we know that he will constantly rule over us and take care
of us. He has promised that he loves us
and that he will guard us in our salvation.
We’re safe with him today and tomorrow and forever. Believe this, brothers and sisters: he’ll never change.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and
forever.” In 2013, He was our Lord and
Savior. He proved himself faithful
again, through all the ups and downs we experienced. As individuals, as families and as a church,
we have seen the reliability of our Lord.
We called out to him for His help and He answered us, showing us His
love. As the calendar turns to 2014, we
know that He will be the same in the days, weeks and months ahead. We can face this New Year with hope and
confidence. Though the calendar changes,
our Savior never does. May God give us
all a blessed 2014.
Dear Lord, We thank you for the New Year. We thank you for having always been our
faithful Lord and Savior. What a
blessing to know that you are the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Lord, help us fix our eyes on you in this
coming New Year. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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