God’s People Abiding Forever

Rodney Miersma·2013-10-01

Miersma reflects on God's unchangeable nature and eternal faithfulness to His covenant people, using the renewal of the Standard Bearer's publication cycle as an occasion to contemplate divine immutability amid the transience of creation. The article emphasizes that while all creatures and created things are subject to change and decay, God alone is stable and eternal, providing the only sure refuge for His people. This devotional meditation encourages believers to find security and hope in God's invariable nature and covenant promises.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:6 God's abiding covenant faithfulness is set forth in our text. How appropriate to remember this when we consider the fact that with this issue of the Standard Bearer we begin our 90th year of publication. This can only be attributed to our Lord, who is unchanging in His faithfulness to His people. We know that time and changes are ever busy. All things have a beginning and an ending. Things grow and...

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