Let’s take some of our time today to be thankful for God’s faithfulness. It is so much a part of God’s character that when speaking to Moses, God defines himself by it. “And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and the fourth generation.’”
We can be thankful for God’s faithfulness that promises to maintain love to thousands and also punish the guilty. If this were not so, the resulting capriciousness would make Him less than worthy of our trust and worship.

There are actions connected to faithfulness that God reserves for himself.

Let’s look at those:
In 2 Samuel 26:23, we learn that God rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. David himself had refused to physically attack Saul, or permit a follower to do so.
Later, David asks: “Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.”
Although the Holy Spirit gifts us the capacity to become increasingly faithful as we grow in our relationships with God, sin limits our faithfulness. Although the Jews had centuries to record their experience of God’s faithfulness, they were recurrently unfaithful.
Paul wrote of them, “Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: ‘So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.’”
It happened so often, the book of Hosea pictures God’s repeated interventions to bring his people back to relationship.
Be thankful for God’s faithfulness.

“Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; If we disown him, he will also disown us; if we are faithless he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.” (2Tim. 2:11-13.)

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