"Unstoppable Direction"

"(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek:)" (Hebrews 7:21 KJV)

  "When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God." (Romans 5:6-11 NLT)

 Much like this oath that God has sworn about His Son, we too are given the same kind of certainty that He will keep us safely in His grip, even though we sometimes wonder, complain, or sometimes fall away! If it really means, "certainly," then we can truly believe that He will certainly keep us in the family of God; after all, He has already established us to be His adopted children, so, just that alone gives us a special reason that He will not discard us, even if we fail or drift away. 

 Whether or not you we believe that is true, He will still show compassion and give us multiple chances to discover His unfailing love is real. This is proven in so many lives throughout the Bible; even for those who have done very wicked and terrible things! He knows everything about us, our good things and our bad things; He is never stunned or surprised by anything; He never says, "Opps, I shouldn't have chosen that one!" 

 There are a few places in the Bible where it might look like He has changed His mind, but everything He does to show that, is to get us to change our hearts...

"God's way is perfect. All the LORD'S promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection." (PSALM 18:30 NLT)