EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!
SUBJECT : THE SECRET OF STABILITY!
Memory verse:
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Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever."
(Hebrews 13 vs 8.)
READ: Exodus 3 vs 13 - 15:
3:13: Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say unto them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?3:14: And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
3:15: Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’
INTIMATION:
Being stable denotes being steady, firm, fixed, not shaky, lasting, dependable, faithful, not susceptible to change, and well-balanced in an emotional manner. Life is full of changes, challenges, and few things remain stable. We are constantly faced with challenges and changing circumstances in our journey of life, and our secret of our stability in the face of all these changes and challenges is to trust on the unchanging God. The secret of stability is to trust in God, because He never changes. He cannot be shaken by the changes in our world, and He endures forever. The fads and ideas of our world, and our world itself will not endure forever. For us, stability does not mean lack of change, but moving with God who controls all circumstances.
God called Himself”I AM,” a name describing His eternal power and unchangeable character. In a world where values, morals, and laws change constantly, we can find stability and security in our unchanging God. The God who appeared to Moses is the same God who can live in us today. Because God’s nature is stable and trustworthy, we are free to follow and enjoy Him rather than spend our time trying to figure Him out. Christ has been and will be the same forever. In a changing world we can trust our unchanging Lord.
When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt into the wilderness, they were constantly moving through the wilderness. They were able to handle change only because God’s presence in the tabernacle was always with them. The portable tabernacle signified God and His people moving together. When God is with you, He goes before you, and will be with you, and will not leave you nor forsake you (Deuteronomy 31 vs 8). If we experience troubles or difficulties, we must not conclude, however, that we have somehow missed God's protection. God's protection has far greater purposes than helping us avoid pain, it is to make us better servants for Him. He also protects us by guiding us through painful, and difficult circumstances, not only by helping us escape them.
The secret of our stability is to be securely anchored in God. The Lord God is the beginning and the end. God the Father is the eternal Lord and Ruler of the past, present, and future. Without Him you have nothing that is eternal, nothing that can change your life, nothing that can save you from sin. He is not a man that He can change. Men change in reference to their desires, and even obedience to God. God does not change His commandments in order to comply with the behavior of men. He does not change in reference to His promises. God could have justly cast off His people because they broke the conditions of the covenant. But because He does not change, He maintained the covenant in order to preserve His people.
Prayer: Abba Father, my trust is in You. Without You I am nothing, I have nothing, and can do nothing. The secret of my stability in my anchor in You. Give me the grace to be steadfast in my trust in You in all things, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!
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