1/29/13- God's Faithful Love

“I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. ⁷ Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. (Malachi 3:5-7)

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
²³ They are new every morning;great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22,23)

What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? ⁴ By no means! Let God be true though every man be false (Romans 3:3-5a)

Thoughts: God is never changing in His faithfulness to us as creation.  We may deserve to be consumed, but God provides grace every day- much more than we deserve.  While creation is ever moving- (eg. atoms are ever moving, the world is ever turning) God is so faithful that we can rely on Him amidst the movement.  When we stray away from Him; when we are unfaithful to Him; He beckons us back to His faithful love.  He bids us to return to Him and He will return to us.  We are made to abide in His faithful love and not go our own way. When my car (not SUV) stays on the road, I can go faster and the way is smoother.  When my car goes off the road by accident or if I try to make my own pathway it is a shaky and dangerous drive.  So we are made to stay on the faithful paved pathway of our Creator.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your faithfulness.  Please do not let me be blind to your love by the cares, heartaches, problems, and my own selfishness this day.  Instead, give me grace to find joy and hope in you and your steadfast love.



God has no need of anyone or anything beyond Himself. Yet in grace this Triune God is the one Creator of all things. The ongoing act of creation is further manifested in God’s gracious sovereignty and providence, maintaining the existence of the world and all living creatures for the sake of His own glory.  He is the Holy One, the ground of all being, whose glory is so great that for us to see Him is to die. Yet He has made the creation to reflect His glory, and He has made human beings in His own image, with a unique desire to know Him and a capacity for relationship with Him. Since our God is a consuming fire whom we in our sin cannot safely approach, He has approached us by entering into our humanity in Jesus Christ.