David is acknowledging an important fact: that God's Word endures forever. Science is constantly changing, and theories keep "developing" as more scientific evidence is found. Humans keep changing their opinion. For example, evolutionists used to believe that that animals "evolved" from one kind to another. However, because they are unable to prove this claim scientifically, they have changed their theory. Now they believe that the animals simply "jumped" from one kind to another. This is a great example of man's opinion being changed.
On the other hand, God's Word never changes. It will stand in its original form forever and ever. As it says in Genesis 1:25, "God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, and everything that creeps along the earth according to its kind..." From the very beginning, God said what science has proved.
Psalm 119:160 sums up this topic well, "The entirety of Your Word is truth, and everyone of Your righteous judgments endure forever." As Isaiah 40:6-8 says, "All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the Word of the Lord endures forever." This verse brings up an important point of application. The wealth, power, and glory of a man will fade away. He himself will also fade away. But the Word will not. Nothing we do on this earth to build our store of earthly riches or gain popularity will last. It will all fade with the setting sun.
Instead of choosing to invest our time in worthless things, maybe we should look for investments that will last into eternity. Is there any such thing? Yes, treasuring and obeying the Word of God. The investments we make in God through His Word, through reading it, memorizing it, loving it, and keeping it, will last forever.
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