The ONLY Constant

All flesh is grass,
and all its constancy is like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;

surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
-Isaiah 40:6-8

Nothing is constant but the word of God. Nothing will endure or stand the test of time but the unending, unconditional and STEADFAST love of the Lord. Human words will fail. Our promises are feeble. Our love is broken. Our hearts are futile.

Relationships will come and go. Friendships will be prominent in one season and fade in another. Spiritual leaders will be with us for a time. There will be seasons of joy and seasons of sorrow; those too, will fade. The ebb and flow of time, of seasons, of emotions - they are all fleeting.

Our God is the only constant. Our God remains while people in our lives do not. His word is the only thing we can count on. In Him alone should our hope reside; on God, our Solid Rock alone should we build our fortress and find our refuge. Through Him we have life; apart from Him we have nothing.

Do our hearts truly trust this? Do our hearts find peace in knowing the Lord is our only constant? Or is it so unconceivable, as everything around us comes and goes? Let us not perceive the Lord's constancy, the solidity of the Rock based on our inability to comprehend eternity. Instead of resorting to hopelessness and distrust in the Lord's constancy when people enter and leave our lives, may we find a renewed hope and a restored passion in Our Only Constant. Lord, let our hearts rest in your constancy. Let us praise You and Your consistency, Your steadfast love, in and out of seasons. You. Are. Constant. You will never fail or forsake us.

As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him...
-Psalm 103:15-17

You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth
in the beginning,
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment,
like a robe you will roll them up,
like a garment they will be changed.

But you are the same,
and your years will have no end."
-Hebrews 1:10-12