June 24, 2025
At the time of writing this, my husband and I had just come out of a year and a half where battles never ended. He was very sick and had been in and out of the hospital for months, and he had to have an operation. Alongside his health problems, we had legal issues, and then the financial burdens of trying to support ourselves and the hospital bills increasing by the day. I felt my faith and strength being tested to the limit. My ability to trust that God was really watching over us and truly loved us, with all we were facing, was rapidly diminishing.
One day, under the shade of a cherry tree with the beautiful sunshine and warmth of spring, I was sitting outside reading, and I came to the verse “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). I decided to meditate on this.
Starting with the first words “Jesus Christ,” I thought long about Jesus, who He is, Him being God in human form, His name being so blessed and wonderful and called on in time of desperation.
I then added “is”—Jesus Christ is… One definition given for “is” in the dictionary was to “be present.” Jesus Christ is present with me. He simply is!
Then I added “the.” “The” refers to something singular; it’s not they or many, but one. One definition of “the” is “used to refer to a person, place, or thing that is unique.” So Jesus Christ is present and is unique.
The next word I meditated on was “same.” Jesus Christ is the same. “Same” means identical, not different. I thought about days when the sun was shining in my life and Jesus was just wonderful to me. If He was not different now, then why would I look at Him differently, even though my world seemed to be tumbling around me?
Jesus had never changed. I was the one who had changed. I had let what was happening in my life change the way I viewed Christ. Jesus never changes, so how can He be any less great now than He was in times past? This thought hit me like a ray of sunshine. I realized I had found something to hold on to and that my faith in Christ isn’t about what happens to me.
I never got past the word “same” in my meditation, but I think I got the point. I knew that whatever happens, whatever dark clouds may gather, and whatever twists and turns the road of my life may take, Jesus will never change. What had changed was my view of Him—not Him, not His love, not His ability to reach down and take care of me and my problems. Whatever the future may bring, I know that Jesus is the same—yesterday, today, and forever!—Chloe Rose
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Do you need a miracle today? Do you need Jesus to set you free from some dreadful affliction from the enemy? Do you need Him to heal you of an illness? Do you need Him to multiply what little you have and make it go further than it ever would without His intervention? Do you need Him to give you heaven’s peace in an earthly storm? Do you need His miraculous provision in a time of lack?
If so, remember what Jesus did 2,000 years ago. He healed the sick, cleansed the lepers, gave sight to the blind, raised the dead, provided for the hungry, brought peace to the storm-struck, delivered the demonized, and gave dignity to the vilified. Has our Jesus changed since then? No, not one little bit. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever! He’s always the same. He’s always totally Himself.
Miracles are not something He did then but doesn’t do now! No, God says, “I am your Healer,” not, “I was your Healer” (Exodus 15:26). Put your trust in Jesus. Ask Him to stretch out His mighty hand and bless your life or your loved ones’ lives with His life-changing power.—God’s Word for Every Need1
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The Bible clearly expresses the immutability of God—His unchanging, consistent nature—in numerous passages. James communicates it like this: “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). …
God created the universe with its continually varying conditions, yet He remains eternally the same (Psalm 102:27; Malachi 3:6). The same can be said of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 13:8).
There is no shadow of turning with God’s character. His love and faithfulness are constant (Psalm 89:2; 136:1–26; 2 Timothy 2:13). He is forever perfect (Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31) and holy (1 Samuel 2:2). His love for His children never fails (Romans 8:38–39; Jeremiah 31:3; 1 John 4:8).
There is no shadow of turning with God’s purposes and promises.… God does not lie or change His mind (Numbers 23:19). ... The Lord always accomplishes His will and keeps His promises (Psalm 145:13).
There is no shadow of turning with God’s Word: “The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever” (Isaiah 40:8). …
Because there is no shadow of turning with God, we can put our whole trust and faith in Him… When difficulties and temptations arise, we must not let the shifting shadows obscure our confidence in the Father of lights.—GotQuestions.org2
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God never changes. The Bible clearly tells us that God is unchanging. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). Malachi 3:6 says, “I am the Lord, and I do not change.” While everything around us is changing, we can depend on God continually showing us His grace, love, and compassion. All our material possessions may blow away, but God is still there. …
Just think about that for a moment. How many friends have you had and lost or become distant from over the years because you just “grew apart”? It’s because one of you changed. But God never changes.
God is unchanging in His existence. There has never been a time when God was not. There will never be a time when He will cease to be. Psalm 102:27 says, “But you are always the same; you will live forever.” All that He is today, He has always been, and forever will be. He cannot improve for the better, because He is already perfect. His power can never diminish, and His glory will never fade. His existence never changes.
His Mercy is unchanging. Psalm 100:5 says, “For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.” The same is true with His sovereignty, holiness, power, faithfulness, goodness, patience, grace, and even His wrath. His attributes never change.
The God we serve is the same God today as He was the day He raised Jesus from the grave. He is the same God today as He was when He spoke the world into existence. He is the God who saves, and He is the God in whom you can place your hope. If God never changes, then that means His love is forever. His forgiveness is forever. His salvation is forever. His promises are forever. His attributes are forever.
We should find extreme comfort in God’s unchanging nature. Every created thing in this life will let you down at some point in time. Whether it is circumstances, relationships, health, career, children, technology, etc. However unstable the circumstances around us are, God never changes.
A.W. Tozer said, “God never changes moods or cools off in His affections or loses enthusiasm. His attitude toward sin is now the same as it was when He drove out the sinful man from the garden, and His attitude toward the sinner the same as when He stretched forth His hand and cried, ‘Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’”—Northstar Church
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Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide...
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
—Henry F. Lyte
Published on Anchor June 2025. Read by Jon Marc. Music by Michael Dooley.
1 Mark W. G. Stibbe, God's Word for Every Need (Destiny Image Publishers, 2016).
2 “What does it mean that there is no shadow of turning with God (James 1:17)?” GotQuestions.org, https://www.gotquestions.org/no-shadow-of-turning.html
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