Six Thousand years before Christ, a Greek philosopher said, "The only thing that is permanent in life is change." Here in South Africa we’re experiencing continual political and economic change, which brings stress, uncertainty, frustration and fear. My friends living in the U.K., Greece, New Zealand and the U.S.A. are not exempt from these changes. Education is evolving, technology advances at an alarming rate, and by the time science textbooks are printed they’re out of date. As if this isn’t enough, we experience ongoing change in our personal lives. Births, deaths, marriages, divorce, job changes and relocation add to our insecurity.
Alvin Toffler says we live in what he calls a throw away world, a throw away society. In other words, things were made to use temporarily and then be discarded. We use something for a while and then toss it. Very few things were made to last any more because we're in a constantly changing world.

Is there anything permanent in life? Yes, there is.
Hebrews 13:8 - "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

There is something on which you can build your life in the midst of an uncertain future – The Love of God. Because God’s love for you will never change.

No matter what happens, no matter what you do, no matter how you feel, God's love for you will never change. You say, "No matter even if I do the wrong thing?" Right. Why? Because His love is not based on what you deserve. His love is based on His grace. He loves you, not because you live up to His standards. He loves you because He's chosen to love you. That's grace. God loves you just as much on your bad days as He does on your good days. He loves you just as much when you don't feel it as when you do feel it. The thing that you can build your life on is that God's love will never, never, never change.

Jeremiah 31:3 - "I have loved you with an everlasting love.”

It is permanent, so you can build your life on it. God's love for you will never change.

Romans 8:35 - "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?”

Romans 8:37 - “ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor demons nor things present, nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

That is permanent!!!

Alvin Toffler who wrote “Future Shock” says that in a time of change people need what he called "spots of security". When the winds of change are blowing everything away, and everything's being uprooted, we need little rocks, islands, spots of security, that we can hold onto, that we know are not going to move, so we're not blown away by the changes that occur.
The first spot of security that you can hold onto is the love of God.

Do you feel sometimes that you just can't handle the pressure? Do you feel like the changes are coming too quickly, too fast, too great and maybe you feel like you're going to cave in and collapse because of the pressure and stress. Maybe you feel lonely, isolated or rejected. Remember this: God loves you. He always has. He always will. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. That is a rock of stability that you can hold onto. If you anchor your life into the rock of God's love, nothing can devastate you because it gives you stability in life.

How do you cope with change? Remember the things that count, the things that last, that cannot be taken from you. You can't get security in a bank balance thinking, "If I just get enough money, then I'll be financially independent and then I'll be secure." You cannot put your security in something that can be taken away from you. You can lose your income overnight. You could get wiped out with a cancer, a catastrophe, a stock market crash, anything. If you want security, put it in something that cannot be taken away from you. The love of God cannot be taken away from you. He says, I will care for you... I will never leave you or forsake you... he says, "Lo, I am with you always.” The love of God will never change - His love for you.