What a wonderful and beautiful truth! God is immutable and unchanging in His character. He is not fickle by moods swinging wildly from anger to joy to sadness to anger over our ups and downs in life. He does not give an extra dose of grace to one and say to another you have nothing left over because you failed Me too often.
Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Also, in Malachi 3:6 we read, "I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed." (NIV).
With His unchanging character, is the comfort that He is not offended by the changes we undergo in daily life. He is not put out by our inconsistent temperament, our white hot passion for Him one day only to be left out in the cold the next day.
God expects change for He is working His Son's life in and through us. He is conforming us to His likeness and character. A familiar passage of Scripture says, "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns" (Philippians 1:6, NLT).
Change is not always pretty or attractive. In the end, like the caterpillar it will become a stunning butterfly. It's easy to get stuck in the messiness of change and believe this is all there is to you or you will never become anything more than a failure.
Don't believe the lies of the Devil that you are a failure or offensive but know you are deeply loved by God! The more change, the more intensity, and deeper the struggle really speaks of God's love and care to see you made complete in Christ. He is going below the surface to things that are in the heart which are buried and hidden. He's pushing them up and out of you so He can deposit more life, more strength and power in you.
From unchangeable God, you are beautiful in His eyes!
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