It occurred to me the other day that we worship an unchanging God while we are constantly changing. God's love for us is rock-solid and our bridge to Him is the Cross and the faithfulness of Jesus to pay the price for our sins. Those truths are absolute and established and when we have walked across that bridge through the wonder of faith and acceptance we are forever restored and pardoned.....Yet...our appreciation for Him is not a one-time thing. As we go through the rest of our lives and face the ups and downs of experience we find a growing appreciation for what He has done for us. Life can be like one of those mazes that you solve as a child where there are many false paths to the treasure, but only one that succeeds. Even after we have put the weight of our trust on Jesus we may try to solve the maze of our lives with our own strength and wisdom, apart from Him. Inevitably we run into walls and stumble. But when we look to the Lord for help, He lifts us up to look down on the maze and we see the path clearly. Perhaps that is why our love in an unchanging God is one of progressive and growing appreciation. We are coming nearer to meeting Him face to face in time and growing nearer to Him in our daily experience. He has never been far but we are progressively coming nearer.
Psalm 65:4 What joy for those you choose to bring near,
those who live in your holy courts.What festivities await us
inside your holy Temple.
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