Belief and change

It took a while for me to think this through because sometimes we think we know everything. Believe me ...we don't.

The topic to meditate was "belief". I went to one of the verses in the Bible I knew that had the word 'believe' and you wouldn't believe what I found.

It was Romans 10:9 ( John 3:16 has the word believe too but somehow I didn't get it at once! )

This is what it says:
"Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved"

Ok..so we believe in Jesus...that's not very profound....some may think.

Let's go on..
10For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.

For with the heart he believes. We believe with our heart. We know in our mind but always believe in or with our heart.

Jeremiah 17:9 says "The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]?

If I believe with my heart, and if my own heart is deceitful.....where do I stand?

Why do people change? There is our answer. Because what they believe changes and their heart deceives them....I know I make it sound like we are all terrible but just bear with me.

John 2:24 "But Jesus [for His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all [men];
25And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men's hearts.] "

Do we trust our selves more with people than we do with God. Do we seek approval from men ....or wonder why he or she changed.

Oh but people change for the better --- who knows what is better or worse these days?? What is worse years ago has become better today.....do you see where I am getting at?

So what is it that never changes and what is most reliable? Jesus and HIS WORD. Not my opinion or what's in this blog. But HIS WORD. Heaven and earth may pass away but God's Word does not.

The Bible has always been the same and yet it speaks to everyone of every age during every season throughout the years. Because Jesus never changes.

And if and when we stand on HIM and HE becomes our security, our hearts cannot deceive us ..because we trust in Him. And believe HIM more than even our hearts.