FAITHFULNESS

What does faithfulness mean to you? We speak of faithfulness in marriage, holding true to each other, honoring one another, always protecting and cherishing each other, forsaking all others so we can remain faithful to the one who has chosen us.

We speak of faithfulness to virtues and values that we hold to always be true. Because they don’t change they create for us a moral compass to guide us safely in the journey of life decisions.

We speak of faithfulness to self, being true to who we are in God’s sight, regardless of how we feel about that.

We speak of faithfulness to God. And yet with the way we live such distracted and half-hearted lives, running after every other trivial pleasure, we may have good cause to ponder this.

I think most people believe that faithfulness matters, to some degree. But in a society that advances the notion that truth is relative, faithfulness is also under attack. If we believe the lie that truth changes according to our interpretation of the circumstance, then our faithfulness to that truth or moral standard will also be compromised.

I just wonder how important faithfulness is revealed in the course of our daily activities. Maybe today is the day to take a stand for faithfulness in one or more areas of your life. It starts with a single decision to let our lives reflect God’s great love and faithfulness to us.

For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. Psalm 33:4

Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Psalm 36:5