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God's Faithfulness

When we come across the word faithfulness we often think about someone who is constantly reliable, loyal, and true to one’s word. It is often a relative, a friend, maybe a spouse, but have we taken the time to acknowledge the One who is faithful, faithful in all things and at all times? Faithfulness is one of the many attributes that God wears. Since biblical times He has made clear that He is a God who is greater than anything and anyone imaginable. The fact that He never lies, forgets, fails, falter His own word shows that He is not like us. He is the one and only that will stay committed to His own word and to His people as well. He is faithful in preserving His people, disciplining His people, sending sorrow as well as giving joy, glorifying His people. There are times when we as Christians fall away from Him because of the struggles that they go through. Our God is a faithful God who picks us up when we fall down, a God who brings us back to Him. God is true and He is and remains faithful to us. If we acknowledge this, why are we so reluctant to believe that He knows what He is doing in our lives? Why are we continuously worrying about the future and how we are going to live when we know that He will take care of us? What is the reason for us taking in His chastise when we know that we have to acknowledge our flaws and humbles ourselves before Him – when we know that he fully deserve His correction? Why do we get angry when certain circumstances happen to us? Do we trust that our God is a God who does everything good? It’s perfectly clear that God loves us and wouldn’t do anything to harm us – the random struggles that we face are the trials that enable us to spiritually mature. Our trials don’t only tame wisdom and knowledge but faith as well. God has a plan for us – we accept that and accept the faithfulness of God as a Pure and Divine truth. But it is one thing to accept this and another to act upon it. We need to learn how to have confidence within our Lord and His word and to really act upon it as well. God always gives us what is good and we must doubt in God.

"Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God" (Deut. 7:9)

"God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?" (Num. 23:19)


“God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense.
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own Interpreter,
And He will make it plain.” ------William Cowper

How is God necessary in my life?

A million thoughts are running through my head right now. I am seeing so many instances in my past where what I needed was God. I think it all starts back in my junior year of high school. I was a tri-sport varsity athlete. I had many friends and I had a faithful and loving girl, who was waiting for me to commit to her. I was nowhere close to being ready, because I was taking in my newfound popularity with women. To my friends I was all-star pimp and I enjoyed the praise they gave me. I felt like I was on top of the world and that I owned it. Of course all of this was superficial, because when I walked away from the sports, and my girl walked away from me (for the reasons that I’ll never change and that I’ll never be able to commit to her), my friends all slowly walked away from me too. The popularity ride was over for me and who could I turn to? Who could I depend on to be there for me, listen to my problems and just mend my heart? It was none of those so-called friends and for a while I thought alcohol was it.
I drank daily before my first class, in hopes I would forget the pain and emptiness in my heart. It took a while for me to remember there was a Savior right there waiting for me to call on Him. It had been a long, long time since I prayed or gone to church. Then one day I was invited by a friend to come to a Friday night large group and there I heard the Gospel again and I felt change beginning in myself. It took awhile for me to make changes in my life and yes they are still going on as I learn more. A broken man I was and God was putting me back together, making me realize there is more to life than just myself.
One faithful night at large group the lyrics on the overhead appeared and the song was called, “Give Us Clean Hands.” As we begun to sing along I just felt my heart drop because my soul needed some cleansing. I fell down on my knees and I cried like a newborn baby. It was like I was being reborn again. I was on fire for Jesus after that and the fire has become milder since entering college, but I hope it rekindles. God was necessary in my life to take away things and persons who separated me from Him and He still is. He is necessary in healing my broken heart and listening to every word I have to tell Him. He carries me through the good times and the bad. He has my back even when the world is against me. God is necessary all the time.