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This week my focus is getting to know God better by becoming more aware of and thankful for his wonderful attributes. In fact, I’ve made a handout you will find on our website to help you develop a habit of focusing regularly on God’s attributes. I call it An Attribute a Day Keeps the Devil Away.
C. H. Spurgeon was called the Prince of Preachers in the 19th Century. He wrote: “There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity. . . No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind, than thoughts of God. . . But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it. . . I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of grief and sorrow; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a devout musing upon the subject of the Godhead.”[1]
There are so many benefits we gain when we know God better and better. For example, how would you define God’s immutability? Immutability is not a word we use frequently—right? But we should know what it means—and how wonderful it is—that our God is immutable, because that means he never changes. He is perpetually the same in every respect.
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment…But you remain the same, and your years will never end (Psalm 102:25 – 27).
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
God has neither evolved, grown, nor improved. He is unaffected by anything outside himself. He is not influenced by the passing of time. He does not age. His power can never diminish; his glory can never fade.
Aren’t you glad when you wake up each morning, you don’t have to wonder if God still loves you? You may be rightfully concerned about the love or loyalty of some people in your life, but never, never do you need to wonder if God still loves you or if he’ll leave you. That’s because he is immutable; he never changes because he has no need for change. Meditate on that today; it will change your day.
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[1] Spurgeon, C. H. (1855, January 7). The Immutability of God. The Spurgeon Center. https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/the-immutability-of-god/#flipbook/