The Solid Rock

Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 (ESV)
14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. 15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

I have been leading a study through the Bible verse by verse. We are in 2 Chronicles and our plan is to finish either in 2024 or 2025.

We find in our study an interesting pattern that reveals that mankind has never changed. No one from Adam to present man is really that different. The same desires, same sins and same virtues remain constant. God Himself remains the same so that we can rely on His word and His actions.

God began a process of creation to bring mankind into fellowship with Himself. He gave His creation a hope in a Messiah. He fulfilled that hope in the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ. This hope remains for all those who trust in Jesus as Savior. Nothing has changed this from the beginning of time until present day.

Western cultures are leaving this hope but all other cultures of the world are embracing it. Over 86,000 people a day are giving their lives to Jesus in the world. Only a small percentage of these people live in Europe or the US. God's word is being proclaimed as mightily as it was in the first century with results that exceed that of the first century. The western cultures are ignoring His word just as those who felt "enlightened" did in the first century. Nothing has really changed.

Prayer was and is the most powerful tool of the believer. It reveals the faith of God's followers to seek what God seeks and do what God wills. It is heard by God the same as it has always been heard. He still seeks to strongly support those whose hearts are completely His.

The message of Christ has never changed. It is preached, broadcast, blogged, emailed, tweeted, face booked, published and podcast and while the methods are varied, this message remains. It has the same power to change the soul as it always did. It moves people into a new eternity and that eternity has never changed.

God has changed the chaos of the universe into a cosmos. That cosmos is not changing no matter how different the landscape of morality seems to change. Man cannot change morality no more than he can change the color red or black to be other colors. He can declare that they look different but he cannot change the way they look. Their "color" is engraved in their definition. God's morality is engraved in His holiness. Whether or not mankind approves or disapproves of this morality is irrelevant. God's holiness is the standard which cannot be changed by man. Sin will always be sin because the standard of right is set upon God's holiness rather than man's culture. Thus, nothing changes in right or wrong.

The very nature of an immutable God secures a constant universe. His attributes will never change. He will always be omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, loving, holy, righteous and all that has ever been attributed to Him. He has not lost any measure of who He is. He is the Lord who sits on the throne who holds the whole world and every part of it in His hands. Nothing ever slips through His fingers.

So, I have a salvation which does not depend upon how hard I hold on but on how God holds onto me. I have a hope that depends on the God who has never lied nor will ever lie. I have a Savior who continues to work on me to make me into His image. I have a confidence that my God who has never changed will not ever change and I can always know this no matter what my circumstances.

This is the solid rock on which I stand. It is the immovable God who brings His creation to Himself. He is that Solid Rock. And with this I sing:

On Christ, the Solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.