Ch. 9 - The Immutability of God

The what of God? That's what I thought when I read the title of this chapter. I don't think I had ever heard the word 'immuitability' before. Thankfully, early in the chapter, it was explained:

"To say that God is immutable is to say that He never differs from Himself."

I liked how Tozer spoke of God not being able to change for the better nor for the worse.

"Since He is perfectly holy, He has never been less holy than He is now and can never be holier than He is and always has been."

I don't have much to say about this attribute of God. I believe He can't, nor will He ever change. Although, I did consider that He could possibly get better. Then I had to correct myself because believing that means believing He isn't right now all He can be. I guess what changes for the better is our experience of and the amount of revelation we receive from Him.

Tozer always ends with a poem of some sort so I'll do the same:

Fountain of being! Source of Good!
Immutable thou dost remain!
Nor can the shadow of a change
Obscure the glories of Thy reign.

Earth may with all her powers dissolve,
If such the great Creator will;
But Thou for ever art the same,
I AM is Thy memorial still.
(From Walker's Collection)