Faithful
Not only is God loving.He is also Faithful.
This means that His love perseveres, endures and persists.
Our reading today is a Psalm that celebrates God's faithfulness.
- He is faithful throughout generations - His love stands firm forever
- He is the God who keeps His Covenant
- The cycles of creation testify to His faithfulness
- Even the heavenly beings testify to His awesomeness, might and faithfulness
So what is faithfulness?
It's that God is reliable, consistent and unchanging.
That His word is true and that His promises are sure.
God's faithfulness means that we can trust Him and rely on Him.
Paul puts it so beautifully in his letter to Timothy:
If we died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure,we will also reign with him.
If we disown him, he will also disown us;
if we are faithless, He will remain faithful,
for he cannot disown himself. (2Tim3:11-13)
God is faithful - we can trust and hope in Him.
Read about it in the Psalm below...
| 1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. 3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 4 'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.' " Selah 5 The heavens praise your wonders, O LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. 6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD? Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings? 7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. 8 O LORD God Almighty, who is like you? You are mighty, O LORD, and your faithfulness surrounds you. (Psalms89:1-8) |
