The death sentence was finally declared. Our washing machine is officially dead. We have a home warranty, so they have been trying to fix it for eight months. But now, they have given up and will get us a new machine. This is both good and bad news. The good news is that we get a new washer. The bad news is that the new machines don’t last as long. The appliance salesman called it planned obsolescence, the manufacturer’s practice of ensuring shorter machine life and making us buy new machines more often.
It seems like very few things last as long as they used to. We move from house to house more often. Our clothes wear out even before they go out of style. Relationships seem to come and go. Hardly anyone stays in the same job as long as we used to. I even get frustrated when my daily routines get interrupted.
Where can we go to find a sure thing, something or someone who never changes? Hebrews 1:10-12 says, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”
God never changes. He has no need to change. He is, always has been, and forever will be perfectly holy, loving, merciful, and just. He is always faithful to His promises, His Word, and His nature.
But notice the warning in these verses! Everything we see, everything we hold dear, and everything we trust in this world will perish. Earth will wear out and be discarded like worn out clothing. Only God will remain and remain unchangeable. But He will also gather His people to Himself for eternity. Those who have trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation and redemption will live forever in the presence of Almighty God.
This is the God who is worthy of our worship. This is the God worthy of our trust. This is the God worthy of living for always and evermore.
Reluctant Retiree 