VANISHING LIFE

Is. 40:6-8  A voice said, “Shout!”  I asked, “What should I shout?”  “Shout that people are like the grass that dies away.  Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field.  The grass withers, and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD.  And so it is with people.  The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.”  NLT

       This is a message that must be heard.  We are not immortal in the flesh.  There is no “fountain of youth.”  We grow old and our bodies show it.  If per chance one’s body doesn’t show it, it knows it.  We can’t do what we once did.  We have more aches and pains than we did in our youth.  We can’t escape the fact that life as we know it changes and is slipping away.  We know with each passing year that our life span is getting shorter and shorter.  Before we even realize it, we are there.  Our bodies and minds begin to fail us.

      But, there are two things we can count on to never fail us: the life of God in us and the Word of God given to sustain us.     

       Foundational to all truth is a belief in an unchangeable God.  God is as He always has been and ever will be.  There can be no absolute truth in life without an absolute and unchanging God.  God will never fail to be who He is in us.  He is the great I AM who dwells in us as we live in Christ.

      What God has spoken is absolute and never changes.  God says what He means and means what He says.  It is as binding today as the day it was given.  We may not understand it all, but our lack of understanding does not change the truth of it all.  We must strive to learn and live what we can and believe the rest by faith because it comes from God.

      Shout the message loud and clear.  Don’t put your trust in the beauty of the flesh.  It grows old and soon passes away.  Don’t think that the life you now know will last forever.  Put your trust in God and His Word which are eternal and never changes.