1 Peter 1:24-25 – “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the LORD endures forever.” NKJV

Peter used a quote from Isaiah 40:6 to illustrate the abiding nature of God’s Word and the brevity of man.  Too often, we get those two reversed, or so it would seem, based on how we live.  From the time a person is born, they are in the process of dying naturally.  Once we are “born-again” spiritually from that moment of birth, we begin the process of living eternally. 

As we watch the seasons come and go, we see seed time and harvest, summer, and winter.  We see things die or go dormant, and then in the springtime, we see them bud forth, and there is the newness of life around us.  The weather begins to warm, the grass turns green, the flowers bloom, the trees bud forth, and life is everywhere.  Then in a few short months, the cold death of winter sets in, and all that life fades into the background.  It is the cycle of life.

We are like the grass that lives for a few months and then becomes dormant.  Our “glory” or supposed glory withers like the grass, it is fleeting and temporary, but God’s Word endures forever!  So, it is not wise to become too absorbed with ourselves and our seeming successes or failures because they are temporary.  Only that birthed out of the Word and Spirit of God lives forever. All else fades away into eternal darkness and death.

I have some methods of doing things that I find myself telling others that these methods have stood the test of time and work, so why change them?  But, if I am not careful, I will become closed-minded and not see the “newness” God wants to bring into my life through change. 

As the cloud moves spiritually, we must move with the cloud as Israel in their deliverance from Egyptian bondage.  When God sends His “new wine” of the Spirit and begins to do something a bit different than what we are used to, we must be willing to allow Him to make us into “new wineskins,” or we’ll find that the “new wine” bursts the old wineskins and that which He was doing is lost to us.  Some things will NEVER CHANGE: The Word of God, the Sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, and the Promise of His Return.  Those are etched in granite and will never change!

If you face problems, know that “this too shall pass.”  In your struggles, please know that God and His Word will NEVER change or fail.  So, when the storm clouds roll in, run to the Rock of our Salvation and under the Shelter of His Loving Arms, letting Him hide you in the cleft of the Rock until the storm passes over.  His Word, His Promise, and His Love will NEVER FAIL!

May God be with you as you go through your day!