Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
James 1:17, ESV
The Father doesn’t change.
He is not moody. He doesn’t have a Tuesday version that is harder to please than the Sunday version. He doesn’t have a dark side that catches you off guard.
The God you walked into yesterday is the same God who is on the throne today. Same when the bottom falls out. Same when the headline finds you. Same when you fail.
James reaches for an image his readers knew. The Father of lights. The Maker of the sun, the moon, the stars. But here is the thing about those lights. They change. They wax and wane. They turn. They cast shadows when they turn. The Father of those lights does not.
He doesn’t turn.
This week we walk through James 1:13-27 together. One thought a day. Six days to let two short sentences sink into the way you live.
The Father doesn’t change. Don’t let Monday change you.
Today: Before the noise of the day starts, pause for sixty seconds. Tell Jesus, out loud, “You haven’t changed today.” Mean it. Then walk into Monday.