“If we are faithless, he will remain
faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
2
Timothy 2:13
Faithfulness
is more than how God acts in regard to His promises or commitments. It is who
He is! God cannot be anything but faithful, because to do anything else would
cause Him to have to disown Himself! Faithfulness is God’s nature:
“When God made his promise to Abraham,
since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” And so after
waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. People swear by someone
greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to
all argument. Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose
very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God
did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God
to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly
encouraged.”
Hebrews
6:13-18
God’s
faithfulness is an immutable, unchangeable truth. Understanding this is
important for two reasons. First, knowing this about God can infuse a believer
with a tremendous amount of peace. Secondly, because it is an unchanging truth
about God, it should not be such a changing attribute in each of our lives:
“Through these he has given us his very
great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the
divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil
desires.”
2
Peter 1:4
Faithfulness,
therefore, should be a priority for us; because when we walk in faithfulness we
demonstrate God’s very nature.
Most
of us, if asked, would likely characterize ourselves as being faithful.
However, if we are honest, we will find it is a characterization based on
comparison. We either gauge our faithfulness in comparison to how we used to
live or we compare ourselves to others we deem to be less faithful.
Yet,
when we were to compare ourselves to God, who does not change and is faithful
by nature, we quickly see the depth of our character flaw.
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