Few days back I had went to my
native place to meet one of my close relative. We as a family left our native
place when I was 8 years old. We lived in our own house in a street where only
few houses was there. When I was a kid we used to travel in cycle rickshaw and
it used to be a great joy to me on those days. When I went this time to my
place I searched for cycle rickshaw but I could not find it easily. Cycle
rickshaw stands were turned into auto rickshaw and taxi car stands.
After much struggle I went and found
a old man with his cycle rickshaw. I went to my relative’s house in cycle
rickshaw and as I entered the street in which we lived so many years ago I
could not recognize that street at all. That street was packed with houses and
it looked like a small street. Then I understood that as the years progressed
world around us kept changing. Cycle rickshaw was once the popular way of
rental transport. Now that was vanished and it was replaced by auto and then by
call taxis. So many things that we saw years ago was not the same today. Then I
understood that the world we are living in was changing rapidly.
Recently few weeks back I heard the
news that the digital age has brought closure on over 160 years of telegram
history in India. I remembered that when I was a kid suddenly the postman will
deliver a small chit to our family. It will be carrying a simple sentence stating
that someone has expired. I don’t even know the meaning of the word ‘expired’
on those days. But seeing that simple sentence my mom and dad will quickly make
us get ready and we will be soon on a journey somewhere. On those ages I loved
journeys and so I loved telegram even when it carried a bad news. Now they say
that the telegram history had come to an end.
The advancement in technology
brought an end to the history of a technology which was popular once. At times
when we want to communicate to our relatives we used to book a trunk call and
someone will connect the call after sometime and only then we can talk to them.
Even at that time we could not speak much because the call cost will be too
high. Now landline was replaced by mobiles; letters were replaced by emails and
simple talks were replaced by short messages. Nowadays every facility is just
one touch away from us. When I saw all these things I understood that the
technology we know was also changing rapidly.
One side technology is changing and
other side world is changing. Not only was that but people around us also
changing. I know a girl who told a guy that he was her world and life but
within years she went away from him leaving him all alone. Her love upon him
changed once she found someone better than him.
Everything and everyone around is
changing. How could we move on in this changing world with changing
technologies and changing people?
My dear young friends, everything
around you might be changing and loved ones behaviour around you might also be
changing. Do not get discouraged. Amidst all these changes we have One who is
unchanging.
“For I am the Lord, I
do not change; therefore you are not consumed...” – Malachi 3:6
Things and people around you might
change but you have God who is unchanging. He says that He will not change.
Bible tells us in
Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.”
Jesus Christ will never change. His
faithfulness upon your life will never change. His grace upon you will never
change. The promises that He gave you will never change. His love upon you will
never change. His relationship with you will never change. You have a God who
will never change. He is same yesterday and today. He will be the same forever.
My dear young friends, if you need
peace, comfort and blessings in this changing world, you have to cling onto the
unchanging God. To cope up with the changes around you, cling onto Jesus Christ
who is the unchanging God. If you cling onto Jesus Christ no change will affect
you. Jesus Christ is calling you today.
“He who calls you is
faithful, who also will do it.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:24
Come to Jesus Christ and surrender
your life to Him today. You will be blessed. God bless you.
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