Quotes about Stability

The bottom of the egg was weighted, so it wobbled slightly before standing perfectly upright—like a Weeble. (Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.)

When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable.

Christian faith needs continuous maintenance. It requires attending to. "If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. If you leave a white post alone it will soon be a black post.

The emphasis of Psalm 125 is not on the precariousness of the Christian life but on its solidity. Living as a Christian is not walking a tightrope without a safety net high above a breathless crowd, many of whom would like nothing better than the morbid thrill of seeing you fall; it is sitting secure in a fortress.

Grow as a palm-tree on God's Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

God is unchanging. The weather changes. Fashion changes. Even change changes. God has not changed and cannot and will not ever change. He is always the same—yesterday, today, and tomorrow (Heb. 6:17—18).

Stabilize your soul with the sovereignty of God. He reigns supreme over every detail of the universe.

Joseph had an anchor. Not a piece of iron but a deepseated, stabilizing belief in God's sovereignty.

28So let us be thankful, because we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. We should worship God in a way that pleases him with respect and fear, 29because our God is like a fire that burns things up.

In the end it's not the flashy and flamboyant who survive. It is those with steady hands and sober minds.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought. (Jer. 17:7—8, emphasis mine)