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Faithful and True, February 5
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
Malachi 3:6
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In regard to the personality and prerogatives of God, where He is,
and what He is, this is a subject which we are not to dare to touch....
The one who in the daily life holds closest communion with God, and
who has the deepest knowledge of Him, realizes most keenly the utter
inability of human beings to explain the Creator....
God always has been. He is the great I AM. The psalmist declares,
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the
earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”
Psalm 90:2
. He is the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. “I am
the Lord, I change not,” He declares. With Him there is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning. He is “the same yesterday, and to day and
for ever.”
Hebrews 13:8
. He is infinite and omnipresent. No words of
ours can describe His greatness and majesty.
Above the distractions of the earth He sits enthroned; all things are
open to His divine survey; and from His great and calm eternity He
orders that which His providence sees best.
God does not propose to be called to account for His ways and
works. It is for His glory to conceal His purposes now; but by and by
they will be revealed in their true importance. But He has not concealed
His great love, which lies at the foundation of all His dealings with His
children.
The rainbow about the throne is an assurance that God is true....
We have sinned against Him and are undeserving of His favor; yet
He Himself has put into our lips that most wonderful of pleas: “Do
not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy
glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.”
Jeremiah 14:21
. He
has pledged Himself to give heed to our cry when we come to Him
confessing our unworthiness and sin. The honor of His throne is staked
for the fulfillment of His Word to us.
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