Elohim - The Faithful, Covenant Keeping God

January 18, 2012

“The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made.”
(Psalm 145:13)

There was a time when to shake hands on an agreement was as binding, to faithful and honest men of integrity, as a signed agreement. Today I’m afraid to most people, shaking hands on an agreement is not binding. It is sad that so many people are not faithful to their word and cannot be trusted. But trusting God to keep His Word is a sure thing. Being faithful is part of His character that is unchangable. He is faithful because He is faithful. If He were to fail to keep even one of His promises He wouldn’t be our Father God Whom we know and love.

On July 13, 2008, was my third blog I had written. It was a short introduction to Elohim, our faithful, covenant keeping God. On December 29, 2008, I wrote a blog about How God is “Forever Faithful.” Now today, January 18, 2012, I am again writing on the faithfulness of God. God has so many wonderful attributes. God is love; He is merciful; He is all wise; He is ever present; He is forgiving. I could go on and on but my point is that He is faithful in each of his attributes. There is never a time when He does not love, nor that He is not merciful. He is always present everywhere; He sees every situation and even the motives of our hearts. He is always wise and never fails to act in wisdom. He is faithful in all His attributes.

God’s thoughts and ways are not our thoughts and ways (Isaiah 55:8-9), so we must just wait on Him to work out His purposes (Philippians 2:13), because He is faithful and He will do what He says He will do. His promises are “yes and amen” to all who trust Him (II Cor.1:20), and His faithful acts are always in love.

One of God’s names is Jehovah-Jireh – our “Provider.” Whatever our need, spirit, soul or body, our Provider is the source of all our needs. He is faithful to keep His promises to “liberally supply (fill to the full) every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil.4:19, Amp.), and in keeping His promises He will keep them in love. His love is always providing for our good, whether we think it is good or not. He always acts out of His wisdom and love, which are both for our good (Romans 8:28).

Great Is Your Faithfulness
Thomas O. Chisholm

Great is Your faithfulness, O God my Father! There is no shadow of turning with You.
You change not; Your compassions, they fail not; as You have been You forever will be.

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to Your great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great if Your faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Your hand has provided. Great is Your faithfulness, Lord, unto me!