Sunday 5 January 2014

God is Faithful

“O Lord God Almighty! Where is there anyone as mighty as you Lord? Faithfulness is your very character” Psalms 89 v 8 NLT New Living Translation .

As 2013 came to a close, one of my resolutions was to begin to blog again but with this came the dilemma of what to begin with. It was then this phrase God is faithful GIF silently but surprisingly whispered from my heart. Like every year, 2013 ended with different levels of met and unmet expectations.

For some 2013 was a year where previous hurts became erased(rather eased) and long awaited dreams came true; a miracle baby, new relationships, new homes , the dream job while for others 2013 ushered feelings of disappointment and rejection as they tackled being made jobless, orphaned, divorced, widowed or homeless. I admit that I fell into the latter category with bouts of insomnia. But whatever 2013 may have brought, the testimony is that we made it to this year as result of God’s faithfulness while being served a fresh challenge of facing this New Year .

 Quite frankly, there have been times I did not want to hear this phrase GIF as I felt it was an overused cliché employed in a lame attempt to comfort me and wished the speaker could just be quiet and other times felt it was another way of receiving yet another goodbye speech while being enjoined to paddle my own canoe .But through it all ,lessons have been learnt and countless number of times, God has proved faithful showing He is more concerned about my character than my comfort.

 As I read the scriptures today , I was struck by another verse on God’s faithfulness and looked it up in more than twenty translations but still love best the way NLT puts Psalms 25 v 10 "The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and his decrees" Notice that one of the two things God uses to lead us is his faithfulness. We can count on it as we go into the New Year not knowing what it holds but knowing that He will lead us through the year with faithfulness. To lead definitely means He will go before us and it is great to think that his faithfulness will lead the way with unfailing love .We are also charged with the responsibility of keeping his covenant and decrees. God can be counted on to see us through. This brought great joy to me and causes me to say with excitement Happy New Year!

 Continue to Flourish,
 Grace