Does God change His mind? Some passages of the Bible studied alone and out of context could lead to that conclusion. But Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind” (NIV). God always knows what He is going to do, His logic is consistent, and His character is unchanging. Malachi 3:6 says, “I the Lord do not change” (NIV). And James 1:17 says that with God there is “no variation or shadow of turning.”

The Bible, however, sometimes speaks of God in human terms, using phrases we can understand. For example, Jonah 3:10 says that God “relented.” God accommodates Himself to us. He helps us understand how His fixed character relates to our fluid human situations. 

Studying the nature and the ways of God strengthens us. We can never fully understand Him, for His infinite nature boggles our minds. But the more we get to know Him, the better we can worship Him.

A true fear of God is a beautiful thing, for it is worship, it is love, it is veneration.
A. W. Tozer