The 23rd Psalm verse 1, states, “The Lord is my shepherd, “I Shall not want…”
THE REASON WE CAN TRUST IN THIS IS…
- GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN HIS ATTRIBUTES. Whatever the attributes of God were before the universe was called into existence, they are precisely THE SAME NOW, and will remain so forever. Necessarily so; for they are the very perfections, the essential qualities of His being. Semper idem (always the same) is written across every one of them. His power is unabated, His wisdom undiminished, His holiness faultless. The attributes of God can no more change than Deity can cease to be. His genuineness is immutable, for His Word is, “Your eternal word, O LORD, STANDS FIRM in heaven.” (Psa. 119:89) “The LORD appeared…saying: “I have loved you with an EVERLASTING love; I have drawn you with UNFAILING kindness.” (Jer. 31:3) “…the LORD is good and His love ENDURES forever; His faithfulness CONTINUES through all generations.” (Psa. 100:5)
- GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN HIS FUNDAMENTAL NATURE. His nature and being are infinite, and so, SUBJECT TO NO CHANGES. There never was a time when He was not; there never will come a time when He shall cease to be. God has neither evolved, grown, nor improved. All that He is today, He has EVER BEEN, and EVER WILL BE. “I am the LORD, and I DO NOT CHANGE.” (Mal. 3:6)
- GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN HIS COUNSEL. His will never varies. “God is not a man, so HE DOES NOT LIE. He is not human, so HE DOES NOT CHANGE HIS MIND. Has He ever spoken and failed to act? Has He ever promised and not carried it through?” (Num. 23:19) When speaking of Himself. God frequently accommodates His language to our limited capacities. He describes Himself as clothed with bodily members, as eyes, ears, hands, etc. He speaks of Himself as “waking” (Psa. 78:65), as “rising early” (Jer. 7:13); yet He neither slumbers nor sleeps. When He institutes a change in His dealings with men, He describes His course of conduct as “repenting.” “God’s gifts and His call can never be withdrawn.” (Rom. 11:29) God is both omniscient (all knowing) and omnipotent (all powerful) there is never any need for Him to revise His decrees.
Whatever situation we find ourselves in, God will help us and rescue us.
-Bill Stockham