The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isa. 40:8).
We see evidence every day of the mutability of earthly things. Whole generations pass off the stage in a few years. At the time of my writing this, only seven men are left of the great armies in blue and gray that fought in America from 1861 to 1865. Even in our day empires, kingdoms, and republics that seemed as solid as a rock have vanished. Systems of philosophy, ways of thinking and living, religious customs, fade into the forgotten past. Scientific theories and hypotheses that were announced as absolute truth have in the past few years been completely demolished. A book on physics 25 years old is now hopelessly out of date. Like the grass, like the flowers human ideas, human works, human beings themselves, fade away. There is nothing in human experience that is changeless except change.
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of Thee,
And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.
__Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In a world of change and flux, where everything earthly bears the seed of decay, this promise comes to us: "The word of our God shall stand for ever." We may build our hope upon the impregnable rock of Holy Scripture. The Word of God is like Him, eternal. "I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. 3:6).
And God's Word not only stands; it abides as His memorial and monument and reminder through all the years and months and days to come. "The word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you" (1 Peter 1:25).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I trust in thy word" (Ps. 119:42).
We see evidence every day of the mutability of earthly things. Whole generations pass off the stage in a few years. At the time of my writing this, only seven men are left of the great armies in blue and gray that fought in America from 1861 to 1865. Even in our day empires, kingdoms, and republics that seemed as solid as a rock have vanished. Systems of philosophy, ways of thinking and living, religious customs, fade into the forgotten past. Scientific theories and hypotheses that were announced as absolute truth have in the past few years been completely demolished. A book on physics 25 years old is now hopelessly out of date. Like the grass, like the flowers human ideas, human works, human beings themselves, fade away. There is nothing in human experience that is changeless except change.
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of Thee,
And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.
__Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In a world of change and flux, where everything earthly bears the seed of decay, this promise comes to us: "The word of our God shall stand for ever." We may build our hope upon the impregnable rock of Holy Scripture. The Word of God is like Him, eternal. "I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. 3:6).
And God's Word not only stands; it abides as His memorial and monument and reminder through all the years and months and days to come. "The word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you" (1 Peter 1:25).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "I trust in thy word" (Ps. 119:42).
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