“For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6) We thank God that who He is, is who He has always been, and who He has always been, is who He will always be. He is the great I AM. He is not subject to the whims or capricious ideas of a fickle society. His immutability allows us to know Him in a real and personal way. We know that He loves us with an unconditional love, therefore we can trust Him in every facet of our lives. We know that He is Jehovah- Jirah, “the Lord provides” and will always be so. Provides: “pro” means before: “vide” means to see. He is the God who provides, i.e., the God who has seen all our needs and has already met them.. Just as God provided for Abraham in Genesis twenty-two, so He will do for you in 2023. He does not change. In Exodus 15:26, the Lord said to His people: “If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.”
Just as He was Jehovah-Rophe at the bitter waters of Marah and Elim, He is still “the Lord who heals you.” He can be to whatever your circumstance is today, what He was to bitter waters. God promised that if the people obeyed Him they would be free from the diseases that plagued the Egyptians. Rophe means to heal, restore, and cure. God does not change! What He was, He is. What He is, He will always be. You can, dear ones, trust Him in everything. He is a keeper. Praise God for His immutability.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
