Constancy

As the world changes around us, sometimes too quickly to adjust or to follow, we have to have an anchor. Something onto which we cling and be certain it will remain firm. As a child, I was taught a small ditty about two men who constructed a house. The first man built his house on shifting sand. When the trials and storm of everyday life came and assaulted him and his home, the building collapsed because it had no solid foundation. The song went on to describe the second man as having built his house upon the rock. When the storms assaulted him and his house, it stood firm. It was immoveable and the man remained safe.

The sermon last evening and the wicked winds of the west throughout the night caused this song and its truth to be brought to mind. There are some things that are immutable, are unchanging, and are established truths. At the core, the very center of this is the Rock, the triune God, the unchanging Eternal Being. This omnipresent, omnipotent being is the infinite truth and Creator of the universe in which mankind exists. Nothing is or ever was without his knowledge or foreknowledge. Creation was his handiwork as was each creature on Earth.

He is infinitely interested about the minutest details of our lives and yet controls the universe. Storms and winds obey his voice. The sun, moon and even time can stand still at his command. He has shared his majesty and design for each of us in the Bible.

The King James Version sticks closest to the original meaning and intent of the given word. Too many of the Johnny-Come-Lately transliterations either change words or omit words completely, altering the meaning to the text.

I laugh when people say the King James Bible is too hard to understand and yet they swoon over the words of William Shakespeare. The verbiage is from the same era. If some folks would read and study the Bible as much as they do Shakespeare, the words become clear and the meaning is revealed.

The Bible and God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit can be your solid rock in the ever shifting sands of time and circumstance too.