Have we truly considered the beauty of the Mind of God? He is both the Creator of worlds and the Creator of butterflies, every intricate and minute particle. He is the Artist of rainbow colors, fall splendor, and white sands. His creativity is evidenced in each snowflake, each seashell, each pebble, and each seed.

The Mind of God is imaginative in design. He made the tiny hummingbird and the flamboyant peacock, the bleating lamb and the growling tiger. His protective design allows the color-changing chameleon, the shape-shifting mimic octopus, and the winter white/summer brown snowshoe hare to merge with its environment and thrive.

God has a Mind beyond the scope of any scientist’s understanding. Albert Einstein, an acknowledged agnostic and theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, wrote this in 1954, “I don’t try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.”¹ Einstein later made this statement in 1955: “I want to know how God created this world. I’m not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts; the rest are details.” ² A man whose name is usually associated with the highest form of human genius does not know how this world was created, cannot find the answer in science, and is in awe of the structure– as designed by God.

The Mind of God created man, granting him the mind to choose. How does one comprehend the awesome wisdom of the Creator of everything in this decision to grant mankind the choice to love and worship Him or deny and turn from Him. This beautiful Mind of our Father sent His only begotten Son to die for us, His adopted children, offspring who could love Him or reject Him.

33) Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34) “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”
35) “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”
36) For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:33-36)

To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Citations:
¹ Letter to S. Flesch, April 16, 1954; Einstein Archive 30-1154
² From E. Salaman, “A Talk With Einstein,” The Listener 54 (1955), pp. 370-371, quoted in Jammer, p. 123.

Sharon G. Tate blog (08/30/15) teacherforjesus.com Meditations on God’s Word

New International Version: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Revised Standard Version: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

New King James: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

King James: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Hebrews 13:8

The message is the same: Jesus does NOT change. He does NOT read new interpretations of the Bible, reflect on the author’s views, and decide to compromise His own knowledge. He does NOT listen to a speaker in a large auditorium who claims to proclaim new wisdom regarding the Word of God, question His own understanding, and change His entire belief system. He does NOT follow the daily concerns expressed on Facebook, Twitter, messaging or the newscasts with a fear of tomorrow; His faith is NOT shaken. He does NOT become desensitized to the despair, poverty, war, and violence in the world. He does NOT take a break or tire from listening to and hearing the prayers of those who lift up their voices to Him in supplication. “For Jesus doesn’t change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, He’s always totally Himself”(Hebrews 13:8 The Message).

There is no one else we can count on to be the same always. As we grow up, we see different aspects of our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and trusted adults. These important people in our lives are changing human beings, and so are we.

For us, change is necessary in order to grow spiritually. We need to examine differing perspectives, question those views, hold them up against the Word of God, read and study the Bible, and talk and pray with others who are searching for the Truth. We need to be able to discern what truth is, who is speaking truth, and who is speaking untruth. We haven’t arrived at the state where Jesus is—to fully know and understand.

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even as I have been fully understood.” (I Corinthians 13:12 RSV)
We don’t know now, but as Jesus promised His disciples, one day we will: “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”(John 13:7 NIV)

Our goal is to be more like Jesus, striving to reach that high standard—but we aren’t there yet. We can’t stay the same yesterday and today and forever to be like Him. We must change.

One day, we will know in full. One day, we will understand completely. One promised day, we shall be like Jesus: “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”(I John 3:2 NIV)

What changes do you and I need to make daily to
become more like our unchanging Savior?

(Sharon G. Tate blog 08/15/15) teacherforjesus.com Meditations on God’s Word

“For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman,
let him declare what he seeth” (Isaiah 21:6)

Ticking time. Who is watching?

Time seems to be elusive. We age, our children are “suddenly” adults, and our parents become cherished memories. When did it all happen? Who was watching?

It can happen in a moment—even though it was a decade. It can occur when we aren’t watching. Likewise, the coming of Christ can take us by surprise, unawares, if we aren’t  alert and ever watchful.

We are told in God’s Word that we must be on watch at all times:

Luke 21:34-36  (34) But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. (35) For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. (36) Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:42  Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
1 Corinthians 16:13  Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

In order to be watchful, we must be awake:

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

When we are not vigilant in our watch, we can risk our own salvation– and the salvation of others who may be watching us. When we do not declare what we see and know about God and the coming of Christ and what we must do to prepare—we have failed as watchmen.
We must each take care that we do not stumble, becoming our own Watchman, so that we are ready when the Lord returns.

Ticking time. Are you watchful?

(Sharon G. Tate blog 08/09/15) teacherforjesus.com Meditations on God’s Word