Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is thy Faithfulness

There is a story I once heard, where every morning, a man and his dog would walk to the train station. Once at the station, the man would get on the train to go to work. The dog would go home, but at exactly the same time every afternoon, he would return to the train station to meet his master upon his return home from work. One afternoon, the man did not come home on the afternoon train as he died of a heart attack. The dog faithfully waited at the station for his master to arrive home until the day of his own death. Now that is one faithful dog!

As faithful as that dog was, there is One who is more faithful. As faithful as the friend is who has stuck with you through thick and thin, there is still One who is more faithful.  As faithful as the spouse that has been by your side into your golden years is, there is still One who is more faithful. That One is God. Even when man fails to be faithful, God is always faithful. 

In what ways is God faithful? For one, God is faithful in His ever presence. Many instances in the Bible, God told His people, or used another person to relay the message, that He would not fail them nor forsake them (Deut 31:6. Josh 1:5, 1 Chron 28:20, Heb 13:5). How neat is it that even when we are without human companionship, God is there with us each and every second of the day! There are times we feel alone, but the presence of God is faithful.

Secondly, God is faithful in His provisions. Jesus preached a sermon on a mountain that is recorded in Matthew 6 and Luke 12. In this message, He told of the provisions of God. God is faithful to take care of the fowls of the air and the lilies of the field so we can count on it that He will provide for us too.

Thirdly,  God is faithful in keeping His promises. A great verse of the Bible, Titus 1:2, says “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”. The Bible is filled with the promises of God and because He cannot lie, He keeps every one of them! I know even the best of our human friends can’t always say what the mean and mean what they say, but God is faithful to always keep His promises!

The presence, provisions, and promises of God are faithful, and as Jeremiah triumphantly cried out in Lamentations: “Great is thy faithfulness”. I sure get excited just thinking about God’s faithfulness! 

“It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” 

Lamentations 3:22-23