Change

Change

We live in a world of enormous change. Technology, medicine, and society have went through dramatic transformations in the past few decades. If Rip Van Winkle would wake today, he would think that he was on a different planet.

Change is normal and natural. As we read through the Bible, the world of Jesus’ day was much different than Moses’ day, and much more different than Noah’s day. However, change is not a problem as much as the pace of change. What used to take hundreds of years to alter, is now happening in a few short years. For example, transportation was almost unchanged for thousands of years, but in a few decades we have went from horses to trains to cars to airplanes to space shuttles. In education, scrolls finally gave way to the printing press, and books ruled for 500 years. Computers, Ipods, PDA’s and laptops are now quickly taking the place of books.

Most change is positive. However, sociologists are telling us that the pace of change is happening so fast, that humans can barely ‘keep up.’ This may be the reason why many people feel so unsettled and insecure. They are longing for the familiar- for things that are unchanging- eternal things. What an opportunity for the Church. We have a God, a message, an experience and a Book that is forever settled in Heaven. It won’t- can’t- change.

The old hymn says it best, Why don’t you hold to God’s unchanging Hand? Hold to God’s unchanging Hand? Build your hope on things eternal, and hold to God’s unchanging Hand.