"Through Our Impermanence"

"God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth." (Psalms 108:7)

 Such a lofty word, impermanence; not! It actually means temporary and not permanent; something that we are in this world, something we can also say for our word and our promises. However, we can never prescribe this word to God and His word or promises; what He says and what He does are the same, always. Simply put, we cannot compare the way we do things or the way we might know things to be done to how God works. This is why David can rejoice! God has spoken, and so it shall be done, no questions asked! God will never lie or mislead us, ever! Interesting way to prove a point, but it must be done, none the less. The point I am seeing here is that of our ability to perform on any promise that we make to God. Oh, I see myself performing promises all the time, but they are on my terms and conditions, not God's. God does not change His mind; God does not learn by making mistakes, because He never makes them, ever! Some people like to point to Genesis 6:6, saying, 'See, God does make mistakes!' This is man's point of view when it comes to repenting, but with God, it does not mean wishing to take something back, it means grieving to go forward. This is the one thing about knowing what comes next, it hurts to know! This is why Jesus wept so bitterly in the garden before He was arrested; in a way, you could say that He repented having to go forward; but that did not stop Him from doing it; Thank God! If there is one thing that I have learned over the years, it is that we are never a strong as we think that we are; ever...

"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world's corruption caused by human desires. In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins." (2 Peter 1:3-9) NLT