And if we aren’t home, then maybe getting comfortable isn’t the plan. Earthly riches, pleasures, beauty, health, careers, success and even marriages are temporary, changeable and guaranteed to one day fade.īut that’s okay, because this Scripture assures us that we don’t belong to a fading world.Ĭhange, then, is a reminder that we aren’t yet home. That’s because nothing about this world is eternal. The possibility of everything around us changing might seem unlikely-but in fact, it’s inevitable. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” The character, presence and grace of Christ will never change, even if everything around us does. Past, present and future, His faithfulness remains. The Angel of the Lord who guided Israel in the wilderness, the Shepherd who inspired David to write Psalm 23, and the Messiah whose word stilled a raging sea is the same Savior who holds our lives today.
This Scripture reminds us that whatever else happens, Christ is constant.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Then again, isn’t change often integral to the challenging, yet incredible, adventure of following God?ġ. I’ve flipped through different cultures, worked in different provinces, and switched legal addresses three times.Ĭhange is one thing, I reasoned, but this was getting ridiculous. The past year has been a solid series of hello’s, goodbye’s, changed plans and broken comfort zones. God’s leading seemed undeniable, so I made the move just weeks ago. The call presented a major question: Would I be willing to move to yet another town, 300 miles from my family, to step into fulltime ministry? I lined up a new job there, began making new friends, and even picked out paint colours for my new walls.
Suddenly, I didn’t even know which province to book my flight “home” to!Īfter transitioning through 16 countries so quickly I wasn’t sure which culture to be ‘culture shocked’ from, I returned to my hometown to find no home, no parents, and no possessions but the bike they left behind.Įventually, however, I settled into the idea of moving to their new town. But two months into my journey, I learned that my family back in Canada had unexpectedly decided to move across the country, leaving their home of 20 years. I had recently finished university, and, intoxicated with freedom, couldn’t wait to enact a wild plan I’d hatched to backpack around the globe in 180 days. One year ago, I strapped on a massive green backpack and walked out of my childhood home, oblivious to the reality that I would never be back.
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