Each morning I change the paper that line our bird cages. I pull out the drawer underneath, throw away the old paper, and then replace it with a new sheet.
Most days it works.
We have a big roll of paper, and the drawer is exactly 18 X 18 inches. I have a measure tape I use to get the length just right. I measure, then I cut.
Most days it works.
Sometimes I cut it too long, sometimes too short. I can tell when I go to put it into place. I have to fold it, or just deal with it not covering the whole drawer.
Now how silly would it be if I blamed the tape measure for the wrong size? If something is off, it certainly cannot be that. 18 inches on that tape is the same every day, that measurement never changes. If the paper is the wrong size, it's because I cut it off the mark.
The same can be said for the word of God. It never changes and it measures our life true. If we find that something is off, we need only go back to the word and measure again.
"God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19 (NIV)
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17 (NIV)
It's that simple.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)
