Psalm 55:22–23 NIV
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.”
God Has Not Changed: A Call to Stand Firm in Troubled Times
My friend, look what God has done!
August 22nd marks three years since I obeyed the Lord’s call to begin sharing these devotions with you. What started as an act of obedience has become a journey of faith, growth, and connection. I am so grateful for every moment, every lesson, and every heart these reflections have reached. To God be the glory!
This week’s reflection comes from a journal entry I wrote during a quiet time with the Lord more than 15 years ago. At the time, I didn’t realize how deeply I needed those words, or how timely they would be again today. During a recent moment of prayer, God brought this devotion back to the surface. And as I reread it, I felt the Lord whisper, “This still speaks.”
Although I can’t remember the exact circumstances that led me to study Psalm 55 back then, I know it must have been a season when I needed to be reminded that God is sovereign, just, and trustworthy, especially when fear, confusion, and injustice seemed overwhelming. I needed the reminder that what I was seeing with my eyes wasn’t the full story, and that the enemy loves to use distractions, discouragement, and deception to pull our focus away from the real battle.
We are living in such a time right now.
Today, truth is being twisted, and evil is often disguised as light. Jesus’ teachings about humility, justice, and compassion are commercialized, politicized, and distorted. People are using His name for platforms, profit, and show, while the vulnerable, the very people Jesus came to lift up—are being overlooked. Even more alarming is how many Christians are going along with it, often unaware that they’ve been deceived.
During a recent prayer, I felt the Spirit clearly prompt me: “Study the Antichrist.”
So I opened my Bible and was immediately drawn to 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12:
“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”
This passage is sobering. They didn’t perish because the truth wasn’t available. They died because they refused to love the truth. That’s the danger we face today—not just false teaching, but hearts that reject truth for comfort, people pleasing pride, or gain, and allowing fear to rule their principles.
But take heart. God hasn’t changed.
The same God who carried me through seasons of confusion is still present. Psalm 55 reminds us that He sustains the righteous and that justice will come. The wicked will not thrive forever—no matter how powerful or loud they may seem today.
Jesus offers a different path:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
— Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
He doesn’t invite us to religion or rituals. He offers Himself—peace for our souls, rest for the weary, and clarity for the confused. And to the thirsty, He promises this:
“It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
— Revelation 21:6–8 (NIV)
So, my friend, don’t let anger or frustration lead you into Satan’s trap. The deception may seem to be winning, but its time is short. God sees the pain and the injustice. And He has not forgotten you. Even when your heart is heavy and your prayers feel unanswered—Jesus is not a liar.
He is still the Defender of the poor and the Father to the fatherless. He is still the One who says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” (Romans 12:19). He is still faithful to lift up the humble and bring down the proud.
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
— Psalm 68:5 (NIV)
So I ask you: Where is your heart today?
Have you drifted from your first love, Jesus Christ? Have you allowed anger, fear, or bitterness to weigh you down?
God is still saying, “Cast your cares on Me.” He wants to carry them. He’s always wanted to. But we often hold onto the very burdens that pull us deeper into spiritual weariness—right where Satan wants us to remain.
I’ve seen a glimpse of what eternity without God looks like, and I’m telling you—it’s not worth it. If you’d like to hear more, listen to Episode 16 of my podcast, Sacred Journey of a Spiritual Warrior.
Please, my friend—cling to God’s unchanging hand. He has never failed, and He never will.
“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.”
— Psalm 68:19–20 (NIV)
God sees your burden. He knows your pain.
Release it—He can handle it. And He will always prevail.
