“Your faithfulness
continues through all generations.” Psalm 119:90a-NIV
Faithful
Let’s play a game.
Think of a person in your life with the following attributes. This person must
exhibit these qualities 100% of the time, without error. Who do you think of
who is:
Reliable
Competent
Authentic
Accurate
(I said 100% of the
time!)
Infallible
True
Honorable
Unchanging
Dependable (my
favorite)
Hmmm…it’s OK, I’m
having a hard time too. Hopefully it didn’t take you long to figure out that
only one person can exhibit these characteristics perfectly, and that is Jesus,
aside from that, well, you have us.
Disloyal
Unreliable
Fickle
Insecure (ouch)
Fake
Undependable
Dangerous
Maybe you can see
yourself in the negative list more so than the first? Or is that just a problem
I have? I can tell you what my nature is drawn to without Jesus, and it’s not
pretty!
2 Timothy 2:13 tells
us “If we are faithless,” (and we usually are) “…He is faithful [true, infallible,
constant, dependable] for he cannot deny himself.”
Throughout all time,
all eternity, God and every word he spoke remains faithful no matter how we
react to life. (Insecure, unreliable, fickle…) This promise of God’s character
is not only true for his children today but for every generation preceding and
coming hereafter.
Does the reliability
of people ever get you down? Take heart; rather, take refuge in the faithfulness of God’s word!
Prayer:
Thank you, Jesus, for your
faithfulness in spite of my unbelief and doubt. Remind me today of the truth
that you are loyal no matter how I feel or what circumstances have come over
me.
