The Faithfulness of God

 

As we live in this world and interact with each other we frequently experience disappointments from one another.  Most of these disappointments arise from broken or un fulfilled promises. People make promises but never fulfill them or partially fulfill them.  When this happens, it causes not only disappointment but emotional hurt and pain. It hurts most because we truly expected that when these individuals made promise s they would surely come through for us.

Having been disappointed repeatedly by people that we love and trust, over time we develop mistrust and lose hope not only in our loved ones but at times this mistrust extends to God. When this occurs we tend to lose hope in God’s promises especially if we have been praying for something/someone for a long time. If this is the case, you are not alone. Great men and women of God have been down that road several times. One memorable example is the psalmist David. Here is what David cries out in Psalm 42:1-3.  As we read further in this psalm David had this question and reminder for himself   Psalm 42:5 

 David was a Godly man yet He found himself questioning the motive of God for a minute. I thank God that David knew that despite the situation and trials God remains faithful.

 Have you ever found yourself doubting if God was ever going to fulfill the promise or promises He made to you? If you have, keep reading?  Our God is not slack concerning His promises, his word is His bond and in 2 Corinthians 1:20 Paul states: “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God”. ( NIV).

 Our perception of how we perceive God has a lot to do with our faith and trust in fulfillment of His promises. Because God is Spirit and we cannot see or touch him, we ascribe meaning  to him  in  a way that makes sense to us. We envision Him in a human form packaged with emotions and intellect. Consequently, we fail to see that his ways are not our ways and his thoughts are not ours. We fail to see Him as Jehovah-Elyon (The Lord God most high ) and as El-Shaddai (The almighty God).  Beloved, God is not a man and we must never ascribe  human characteristics to  Him. When we do, our expectations concerning His promises becomes limited and skewed, Numbers 23:19  tells us clearly that, “God is not a man, that he should lie. He is not a human, that he should change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through. ( NLT).

Indeed as we continue our journey in this New Year, remember that our God has promised us life – “Zoë life” to those of us who have accepted Him as Lord and savior. This Zoë life is "life in the absolute sense, life as God has it" (Vine's Expository Dictionary).  Accept this promise and live to your potential. Do not settle for less than what Jehovah-Elyon has promised.  The thief has come but to kill steal and destroy, choose abundant life. May El-Shaddai richly bless you.

In His service,

 

Paula Watson (Guest blogger)