It is so easy to doubt God in a crisis.
Is God really going to provide?
Is He really going to take care of my current situation? Or is it all up to me?
In his song “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” Thomas Chisholm answers these questions with a remarkable image:
Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
What is a “shadow of turning?” When you are walking in the sunshine, you have a shadow. Every little motion you make is reflected by your shadow. Any time you turn a little to the right or left, your shadow also turns. And if, as you are going along, you notice that your shadow has changed, you can be sure that your direction has also shifted.
When Thomas Chisholm says “there is no shadow of turning with Thee” he is pointing out God’s consistency. God is steadily walking toward the light, toward Truth, and He invites us to follow. As we do, we are, naturally, in His shadow. If God were to get off course—to turn to the right or left—we would no longer be directly in His shadow. The shadow would have turned.
In whatever crisis we face, we can count on God. He will lead. He will provide. He will see us through. 100% of the time. There is no shift—not even a slight one– in God’s faithfulness to us.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 NIV
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God is the source of light; He doesn’t “move to towards light or truth. Again, God is the truth, as most true believes know Jesus spoke.
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I totally agree. I corrected this in the post. Please take a look. Always appreciate your comments. Thank you so much.
So God is moving towards the ‘light & truth’?
I thought He is both of those two things.
You are right. I corrected this. Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for now I truly understand what “There is no shadow of turning with thee” mean. All these years I’ve ministered this song never really understood what it meant. I do know this, as we draw close to Him, He draws us close to His Truth and Light. Have a GREAT day in Adonai.
Thank you also for your correction.
Thank you!
Josh and Mafa are correct in their observations. Thank you for your admission, truth is more important than pride or ego Lydia. Truth will always prevail. I’ve been woken at 3am to test the validity of God’s word and truth will always stand out. Iron sharpens Iron and we all learn from each other. God is the source of light and is not subject to shadows or variableness as would be a greater light on a lesser light. Truth will always remain ahead of error and the fact that we can admit our faults is commendable. It just proves our fallibility as compared to God’s infallibility, there is no shadow he casts as he is the source, he remains infallible, immutable, omniscient like energy that is omni present and cannot be created or destroyed. Thank you for your post Lydia, praise His Holy Name….Yahweh is our Creator.
Thanks for those wonderful words.