“For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.”
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Thankful Heart December 16, 2025
God never told His people to mix, blend, merge, or combine worship with the culture around them.
He consistently said the opposite.
Be separate.
Be different.
Be salt.
Be light.
That distinction was never about isolation... it was about identity. And this does not mean we create elaborate plays that teach our children a storyline Scripture never gives.
It does not mean we decorate our churches, homes, and hearts with symbols rooted in other systems and then baptize them with Christian language.
It does not mean we replace truth with tradition and call it harmless because it feels familiar.
This isn’t about gifts.
It isn’t about lights.
It isn’t even about trees.
It’s about replacement.
Every time we add something God never asked for, something else quietly loses its place.
Truth becomes background.
Obedience becomes optional.
Discernment fades.
And worship slowly shifts from devotion to decoration.
God never asked His people to make Him fit into culture.
He asked them to stand apart from it, so the world could clearly see the difference.
If the story we tell our children is shaped more by tradition than Scripture,
if the practices we defend are inherited rather than examined,
then we aren’t passing down faith, we’re passing down habit.
And habit, no matter how sincere, is not the same as holiness.
God has not changed.
His desire has always been the same:
a people set apart, devoted in heart, clear in worship, and unmixed in allegiance.
The question is not whether our intentions are good.
The question is whether our worship still reflects who He is? Or who we’ve slowly allowed ourselves to become.
“I have not changed.
You are the ones who moved.”
CULTURAL & HISTORICAL INSIGHT
Malachi’s generation believed something dangerous:
They assumed that time had softened God.
That exile had changed Him.
That restoration meant lowered standards.
That grace meant tolerance.
But Malachi 3:6 shatters that assumption.
God says the only reason Israel still exists is:
because He has not changed
not because they improved.
This verse is not God excusing disobedience.
It is God explaining why mercy still exists despite it.
HIDDEN TRUTH — Mercy Exists Because God Is Unchanging, Not Because We Are
This is the heart of the verse:
If God changed the way people change…
Israel would have been destroyed long ago.
Grace is not proof that standards disappeared. Grace is proof that God is faithful to His covenant, even when people are not.
This is why this verse belongs in December.
Because modern Christianity often assumes:
“If God still blesses us, He must approve.”
Malachi says the opposite:
“You still exist because I don’t change — not because you’re right.”
| Scripture | Verse |
|---|---|
| Numbers 23:19 | God does not change His mind like man |
| Psalm 102:27 | You are the same, and Your years have no end |
| Isaiah 40:8 | The word of the LORD stands forever |
| James 1:17 | No shadow of turning |
| Hebrews 13:8 | Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever |
Malachi 3:6 forces an uncomfortable question:
Have we mistaken God’s patience for permission?
If God has not changed:
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His definition of holiness hasn’t changed
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His boundaries haven’t changed
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His expectations for worship haven’t changed
What has changed is culture, and too often, the church moved with it. December exposes this more than any other month.
Lights, traditions, habits, customs, calendars
Many inherited without ever asking:
“Is this rooted in God… or in culture?”
God’s mercy gives us time to return. It does not give us license to redefine truth.
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