Word Without End

“All men are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” 1 Peter 1:24-25

The smiling salesman at Sears didn’t have a clue as we folded the warranty and drove off with a Forever DieHard battery newly installed in our family vehicle. He was certain we’d be back in a few years needing to purchase another one for our next car. I was certain he didn’t know my dad. You see, as a high school senior, I was blessed to drive the very same Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon (yes, complete with fake wood side panels) that we had purchased when I was in first grade. I’m not exactly sure how many Forever batteries Sears installed for free in our car – affectionately known as “The Land Barge” – but I know they were glad when our “forever” was finally over!

How wonderful that the warranty on God’s Word never runs out! It never expires. It doesn’t even contain a “For as long as you…” clause, because nothing about the truth and the timelessness of God’s Word depends on us. Everything depends on Him, and He never fails. “The word of the Lord stands forever.”

“All men are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the fields…” God’s Word endures past the best of today and the bad of today. Neither amazing accomplishments nor appalling atrocities affect God’s Word. It is the ultimate standard through which both will be evaluated and rewarded or rebuked.

“….the grass withers and the flowers fall…” All of us and all we do are always changing. We grow up and we grow older. Our waistlines shift. Our hair color varies. Our influence fluctuates. Our opinions adjust. Birth announcements eventually end up in obituaries. Don’t get down. Be delighted. Be delighted that in a world of change, God’s Word is a constant. A constant that we can count on, base decisions on, and build our lives on.

If forever had an ending, only God and His Word would be left standing.
Stand today on what will still be standing tomorrow.



Time for a Little R&R

RECOGNIZE
How has your life changed in the past year?
How has God’s Word changed your life in the past year?

RESPOND
Praise God that He never changes and that His Word never changes.
Begin to transform the temporary into the eternal by grounding every part of your life in His Word.