God Is Unchanging—Hearing
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1 ESV)
Who does not enjoy an echo? Echoes seem almost magical. A phrase shouted into a cave, or at the edge of a canyon, or into an empty room comes back. It lasts longer than voice box alone creates. “Hello!” comes back, returns, is duplicated, and is heard again… but still, eventually fades. Silence returns.
A party game, usually called, “Telephone”, reminds us that our words decline in meaning, as well as in volume. Participants sit in a circle, and one players whispers a message in the ear of the next person. Who whispers it to the next person. Who repeats it to the next person. Who tries to interpret (because almost guaranteed the message has already degraded), and then passes it on. By the time the message gets back to the originator, it usually has changed beyond recognition. “I like eating ice cream by the moonlight.” might have become “Starlight is cleaner, moo! Right?” Or something worse!
But God’s Word does not change. Because God does not change.
The Word was in the beginning… and still is. Because the Word of God is God.
Nothing else in the universe is like Him. Our words become softer, and eventually our voice is forgotten. The message of our words decays and changes, because WE change.
But God, and His Word, does not change.
And that Word is how we know God. That Word is how we understand Him. That Word is how we learn to trust Him. That Word is how we find faith. That Word is how the world can be saved.