GOD'S WORK IS RELEVANT AND SUSTAINABLE

I Peter 1:24, 25

The work of God is sustainable.  It is not a good idea that just pops up and gains attention because it is new and now.  Things that are relevant to this culture will not be relevant to the next one, or the one after that.  It may be good for now but later it will be considered irrelevant, obsolete, and in need of change.  That is the way of the world.  It is always dissatisfied, looking for something bigger and better, never content and continually striving to outdo one another; always seeking ways to fill the void but never finding fulfillment.

          “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…And God

           saw everything that He had made and behold, it was very good.”

          “In the beginning was the Word…In him was life, and the life was the

           light of men, the true light, which enlightens everyone.”

The work of God is sustainable because it is eternal.  It isn’t new and now; it is forever.  It is relevant for all time and every culture.  It is eternally relevant to all of creation.  It is eternally relevant to each and every individual throughout all time and circumstance.  The ways of the world may be divided up into different eras and cultures, but the Way of God stands firm in context, from beginning to end.

          “I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who

           was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

The work of God that is sustainable throughout eternity is this; “That you believe in him whom He has sent.” Jesus Christ.  Anything or anyone other than that will fade away and wither like the grass.  Anything or anyone other than that will succumb to the rain, floods, winds, and will fall apart.

Cultures come and go; good ideas come and go; all of life’s worldly circumstances come and go; but the Word of the Lord remains forever.