Mutations and other changes

As I see it…
Mutation: I first became aware of the term in junior high school. I first understood the term in college. Simply, it is a word that describes change. It is most frequently used in the scientific world to describe change that takes place as presented in an evolutionary context. But that is not the purpose of this article. Instead, I want to delve into the theological usage of the term. In that case, we go in the opposite direction. Instead of talking about things that change, we talk about a God who is changeless. For that we use the term: immutable. For created objects and beings, change is matter of our existence. That is, since we are made of a host of composite parts, almost by definition we are subject to change. That’s what composite elements/obstacles do, they change. Change also means that you can either gain or lose something (in time). For humans, that can cover a host of items: weight, color, size, skin tone, maturation, etc. If you’re made of parts, sooner or later, those parts will change, decay, cease functioning, lose flexibility…you get the picture! Change is also a mantra of sorts in our modern culture. Rarely do people stay in the same place for their entire existence. And recently, more rarely do people remain in the same vocation, or even field of endeavor. When change happens, the question of adaptability comes in to play. For Christians, adaptability is joined with faith to explore God’s direction and purpose. But why would faith then enter the picture? Basically for one reason, since God is immutable, he’s the only one we can trust to know how to handle “mutation.” Whether the influences of change are external or internal, God has all the bases covered. The immutability of God appears in its most perfect beauty when viewed against the mutability of men. In God, no change is possible; in men, change is impossible to escape. Neither the man is fixed nor his world, but he and it are in constant flux. So writes Tozer. If we’re going to handle the inevitability of change, then we must trust the God who does not change. For, we live in and are creatures of a world system he has designed; and he has designed change as part of that system. Faith then, makes the journey a whole lot more pleasant!