I Am the Same Forever

Michael E. Wood

November 30, 2012

To the choirmaster.  A Psalm of David.   In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me; Psalm 31:1-3

Though my thoughts can be so puny and my grasp of understanding so slight, I give thanks to God through my Lord Jesus Christ that He does not change. We were made for His glory and through the redemption that comes through Christ alone, He has promised to guide those who are His for His Name's sake.

The following came as a result of contemplating the words that God has given to us through the Psalms and through the enjoyment of reading, “Knowing God”, by J. I. Packer

I Am the LORD; I do not change

I Am the same to day

As yesterday and will my friend

Guide you to know the way

By which you may be pleasing

By the Holy Spirits might

Now given by the grace of Christ

To stand by faith and fight

Against the foes that lie within

And those reproaching shouts

Which come from those encroaching

On My glory with their doubts.

For I have now redeemed you

Through my Son who bore your shame,

And raised you up to be like Him

To glorify My Name!

And though the way may seem unclear

At times: Remember this,

I will not hold to anger

When you seek my Son to kiss.

So seek His face by My own Word

From which I will not sever.

I Am the LORD; I do not change;

I Am the same forever!