We want to talk about what happens when God changes His mind. There is a saying that, “A wise man changes His mind at times. It is only a fool that never changes his mind.” What we call repentance is actually a change of mind.
That is the true meaning of repentance. Isaiah 55:7. Let the wicked repent and God will change His mind. Ahab heard what Elijah said. Ahab said, “Oh God!” He tore his dress, began to wear sack clothes, fast and walk very humbly before God.
God said, “Ah! Ahab? Okay, Elijah, I’m sure you’ve made up your mind that this man is finished. Have you noticed something? Because this man decided to walk humbly before me, at least I will postpone his punishment.”
Now we all know that when it comes to the Word of God, (Psalm 119:89) the Word is settled in Heaven; not here on Earth where somebody may sweep it away. Here on Earth, (I don’t know if we have noticed), as young as I am I have seen the same street named after 3 different people.
They call it one name today, tomorrow they change the name, next time they change the name. So even if they say they name a street after you in this world, they can wipe it off tomorrow and put another man’s there. That’s why when God says his Word is going to be settled, it’s settled in Heaven where no human being can interfere. Psalm 33:9-10; Psalm 33:11; Numbers 23:19.
Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:18, and then as if to crown it all, Psalm 138:2. That tells you how important the Word of God is. But you must never forget one thing: God is sovereign. Psalms 115:3. Don’t forget like I said at the introduction, “A wise man can change his mind,” and God is the embodiment of wisdom.
Daniel 2:20-22. Not only that, James 1:5. So, God is trying to tell those of us who want to go higher: You must be wise. You must learn to bend without breaking. You must learn to be gold and not iron.
Let me explain because these are some very serious things to swallow: the iron is strong; very very strong and that makes it very useful. You use it in making pillars. When we need something that requires strength, we send for iron: the bridge, pillars, other strong things. Why? Because Iron doesn’t bend easily; you try to bend it too much, it will break.
It will rather break than bend too much. But Gold will bend this way, bend that way, but it won’t break. It is not as strong as iron and yet it is so precious. What makes gold precious is that it knows when to bend, how to bend. Great lesson for those of you wanting to go higher!
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