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“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” – Psalm 100:5
“I promise we’ll go to the park on Saturday”, I said to my daughter several weeks back. Yet, here we are after 5 such Saturday’s and we still have not gone to the park yet. The human brain and the human heart are in alignment when promises are made. Yet, something changes once the words have left my lips and then although my heart is reminding me, my brain is delivering excuse after excuse after excuse. Was I dishonest in my original promise to my daughter? No. I was completely committed at that moment, but then I let life and other priorities get in the way and before you know it 5 weeks have passed by. She hasn’t mentioned it since, but the fact that my word is no longer trustworthy in her eyes is wrought with risk as she grows older.
We look to our family and our friends as people we can trust. We want to believe that someone’s promise is true and that they will do what they say they will do. This is especially true with those that we love so dearly and have a strong commitment too. Likewise, they expect the same from you. With the pace of life in these days it has become increasingly difficult to meet the expectations of those around you. There is always someone that is anticipating your participation, or fulfillment of a promise that slips from your mind, thereby leaving them with disappointment. It’s not your intention to disappoint, but it happens none the less.
Who then is trustworthy? Why, of course it is our Father in heaven. The scriptures are filled with promises of love, life, comfort, strength, righteousness and protection. His word is true, for God is completely Holy and Righteous and unable to lie. His word was true for the great Saints of the Bible and the same word was true for the Prophets and Kings throughout. His word and the foundation of His truth has not changed. The Apostles of the early church found faith and trust in believing that God’s love and grace is present in each of us. Their faith in an ever present God was framed in their understanding of this man, Jesus Christ and the promises that He left with them.
Do you believe that God is the creator of all things? If you, like me, believe this to be true and then you must also believe that God is completely perfect, without flaw or mistake. For He who is the originator has no other factor to be compared with to claim that He has made an error. Who can tell Him that His ways are wrong, or that His word is wrong, if indeed we believe that through His word and breath created our very existence? His word is truthful, and because He is perfect and righteous, His promises are indeed trustworthy. When He tells us that He loves us it is true. When He tells us that there is life eternal with Him, it is true. When He provided a method of salvation and gave us the way to Him, it is true. When He says that He will return and bring His children home, it is true. When He says that He is going to judge mankind and that the wicked and unrighteous will be cast into the lake of fire, it is true.
His love was with Moses, Abraham, David, Elijah, Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter, Paul and so on. Has his loved changed since then? Is His love for you less than His love for David? Why would you believe this to be true? There is no ability for Him to love you less than He loved David, for God is ageless and His authority over all things has not changed. He is the same, omnipotent and sovereign for all time. There is no clock that will tell you the definition of time, for we do not have a concept that there will never be an end to it. Therefore when the scriptures tell us that “God’s love endures forever” we are incapable of comprehending it, but we must trust in it’s truth, because God, the creator, is and has always been faithful to keep His word as complete truth. You are a child of the most high God, and unlike every person around you, your heavenly Father will keep His promises and you will one day sit in His presence.
© Sondove Enterprises, 2013We look to our family and our friends as people we can trust. We want to believe that someone’s promise is true and that they will do what they say they will do. This is especially true with those that we love so dearly and have a strong commitment too. Likewise, they expect the same from you. With the pace of life in these days it has become increasingly difficult to meet the expectations of those around you. There is always someone that is anticipating your participation, or fulfillment of a promise that slips from your mind, thereby leaving them with disappointment. It’s not your intention to disappoint, but it happens none the less.
Who then is trustworthy? Why, of course it is our Father in heaven. The scriptures are filled with promises of love, life, comfort, strength, righteousness and protection. His word is true, for God is completely Holy and Righteous and unable to lie. His word was true for the great Saints of the Bible and the same word was true for the Prophets and Kings throughout. His word and the foundation of His truth has not changed. The Apostles of the early church found faith and trust in believing that God’s love and grace is present in each of us. Their faith in an ever present God was framed in their understanding of this man, Jesus Christ and the promises that He left with them.
Do you believe that God is the creator of all things? If you, like me, believe this to be true and then you must also believe that God is completely perfect, without flaw or mistake. For He who is the originator has no other factor to be compared with to claim that He has made an error. Who can tell Him that His ways are wrong, or that His word is wrong, if indeed we believe that through His word and breath created our very existence? His word is truthful, and because He is perfect and righteous, His promises are indeed trustworthy. When He tells us that He loves us it is true. When He tells us that there is life eternal with Him, it is true. When He provided a method of salvation and gave us the way to Him, it is true. When He says that He will return and bring His children home, it is true. When He says that He is going to judge mankind and that the wicked and unrighteous will be cast into the lake of fire, it is true.
His love was with Moses, Abraham, David, Elijah, Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter, Paul and so on. Has his loved changed since then? Is His love for you less than His love for David? Why would you believe this to be true? There is no ability for Him to love you less than He loved David, for God is ageless and His authority over all things has not changed. He is the same, omnipotent and sovereign for all time. There is no clock that will tell you the definition of time, for we do not have a concept that there will never be an end to it. Therefore when the scriptures tell us that “God’s love endures forever” we are incapable of comprehending it, but we must trust in it’s truth, because God, the creator, is and has always been faithful to keep His word as complete truth. You are a child of the most high God, and unlike every person around you, your heavenly Father will keep His promises and you will one day sit in His presence.
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