Good Morning All,
Hebrews 13:8; “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
It
seems that when Christians gather together to study God’s Word, there can be
quite a bit of variety in the interpretation of the passages studied. There is one place where most Christians
agree, we all skip the genealogies. It does not matter if it is for Noah or
David or for Jesus, when we get to the genealogies, we skim them at best. There
are many reasons for this, we cannot pronounce the names, we do not have the
foggiest notion who they are or where the fit in and many people find genealogy
boring. I might be interested in who my great grandfather was but please do not
bore me with who yours is.
We also
use them as a method of ownership or power. If I can prove that my ancestor had
first claim to that land, maybe I can lay claim to it. Or maybe I should be the
Prince of Saxony (or maybe not). We often use our own genealogy to find and
extract power or leverage in our life today. But, like so many times in
Scripture, we read with an intent already planned, God revealing is something
different.
We use
genealogies to look back, who was my great-great-grandmother on my mother’s
side or how far removed is that one cousin, 3rd, or 4th
(I hope). We use them to categorize and find lineage connections. God takes
genealogies and looks forward. That is why God told Moses, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” I am their God,
and I am your God, and I am your descendants God.
The promise that I made to Adam and Eve about sending a Savior is the
same promise He made to Abraham and to you. The same Jesus, who never changes,
who forgave sins and healed the infirm, does the same for you and me today.
God is
showing us his faithfulness. The same way he delivered the Children of Israel
in the desert, He delivers us from our sins. Just as He called the people of
Israel to be holy and to be the hands of His mercy, He calls us to the same. God
goes forward with His promise and His faithfulness. It does not waver or fail.
We can look at the examples of God’s faithfulness to those men and women in the
Bible, to His faithfulness to our ancestors, even His past faithfulness to us
to know that God is faithful today and tomorrow. His faithfulness lasts forever
because the way we see this faithfulness in the person of Jesus who is the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow.
We can take comfort in God’s unfailing,
unwavering, unchanging nature. His nature is that of love for us and the desire
that we know His love and walk in His ways in peace, hope and joy. So, next
time read the genealogies and see those to whom God has been faithful and know of
His faithfulness to you, His beloved child.
Father of unchanging grace, keep us ever in your
loving arms. Guide us by your Spirit that we may see your hand of protection in
our lives. Keep our eyes ever focused upon Jesus as the true unchanging mercy
that you have given us. In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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