Unshackled Echo ~ March 17, 2018 ~ Some Things Never Change

Today's Unshackled Echo was previously published on

February 23, 2015.

Did you know that God sometimes changes His mind? But what about God the same yesterday, today and forever? That is true. Who God is doesn't change. His nature doesn't change.  His eternal purpose and plan doesn't change. But the details of the plan? The steps between A and Z? Yes, sometimes He changes His mind about the details.

Not long after God delivered the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt, Moses, God's chosen leader of the people, moved outside of the will of God. God changed His mind. The man chosen to lead the Israelites from slavery to the promised land would never physically step foot into the promise land. His blessing was given to another, Joshua, Still God consoled the grieving leader. He took Moses to the mountain top and gave him the first look at the promise. And He did something else. He showed Moses the face of love. Moses received a glimpse of God that made him glow. He may not have walked the land of promise, but he received the promise before the rest, the promise to see God, to know God and have relationship with God. The Israelites reaching the promised land was nothing more than a step towards what Moses got being available for all of us.

Not long after Moses messed up, the Israelites decided to start worshiping a golden idol they'd made. They shocked God with the sheer audacity and ingratitude. He decided to wipe them out and start over on the Master Plan with Moses and his children. But Moses interceded on behalf of the foolish former slaves. God changed His mind and let them live. God showed mercy due to intercession.

Let's look at one last example as the Word that was with God and was God made flesh in the Messiah Jesus tried to take a break. He needed to rest rather than minister. A Greek woman enters the scene begging for help for her daughter from Jesus. He basically told her No. She pushed. She showed she new the truth of His goodness, and she wouldn't settle for being told there was no way for her, a gentile, to approach the God of the Jews. Jesus, enjoying her faith and understanding, to the perception of those who heard the "No," changed His mind, said "Yes" and delivered the daughter.

God changes His mind, but never His nature. The nature of God is goodness and love. Sometimes He shows mercy. Sometimes He brings life to the barrenness of our lives. Sometimes He takes away the Garden and the Land of Promise. But what He never takes away or denies is His great love. He never holds back His goodness. God will sit with us, wrap Himself around us and weep with us as we grieve and mourn. He feels our pain in the core of His being. Then, when He's felt our hurt, He'll wipe our tears away, look at us with eyes full of love, forgiveness and empathy, say "I love you so much," and give us what we need. There may be blessings on this plane that are withheld. He may or may not give us what we want. But if we go to Jesus as the broken, unclean people we are, we always, always, always find what  we need. We always find ourselves receiving the promise, the big one, the one all the little promises serve to point the way to, the promise of acceptance from and relationship with the Holy Creator.

Daddy, I thank You for Your love for me. I thank You for the glimpse of the Promise during times when it feels like the blessing is withheld. Help me fill the holes in my life with Your love and to come to You with all my scrapes and bruises and with all of my broken heart whenever I fall short of walking in Your truth and promise. Help me to remember that one of the best names for Jesus is Son of Compassion because You not only hear us when we cry but You feel our tears to Your very core. Thank You for Your great compassion that took You to the cross for me. Amen.  

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