God's Thoughts are Fixed; His Outward Providence is Alterable" Exodus 31-33; Matthew 22:1-22

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. And he reminded God of how He brought the troubled people out of Egypt with His Great Power and a Mighty Hand. Didn't God already know that? And Moses told God what the people would threaten and say: "It was plain wrong, just evil, that God brought them out to kill them in the mountains and now wipe them off the face of the earth. Why is he doing this to us?" So, Moses pleads: Turn your back on this, God. Don't let it happen. Remember your good servants. And then there it is in Exodus 32:14, the answer: "Then, the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened."  Are God's thoughts or the determinations of His Mind alterable?  "He can change the outward dispensations of His Providence, or His methods of acting with men" according to Henry's Commentary.  But the thoughts of His Heart are fixed and firm to all generations. Matthew Henry. We understand from our perspective what it means to change our minds.  God dispenses Grace here---no fickle change but He relents His Hand.  May He do so on us this very day.

PHOTO: January 1, 2023. Happy New Year! Hey, Ross Parents and Kids:  God's Thoughts toward all of you have been beautiful and perfect from the Beginning of time.  To this very day.  And you have listened to His Thoughts, His Word.  And His Providential Hand is on all of your lives.  Grace is all over you!