FAITHFULNESS

Deuteronomy 7:9  "Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."

The galaxies, so many of them, with thousands and thousands of stars.....planets, moons; and the Lord chose this little planet  that He threw out into space to be the one that He would hold dearest to His heart.  Why is this planet, Earth, so special to Him?  Because I am here, because you are here.  This planet, this small round shape of dust and rock called Earth wherein inhabit His people, His children, His favorite of all.

Our God could have forsaken us.  I wondered today if it crossed His mind to just let this planet, so full of sin, so grievous at times, to just let us go, fling us as far as He wanted out into the far reaches of space where He could forget He ever made us, where He could forget He ever sent His Son to die for our sins, and still finding after all He has done, to still be rejected by so many.

Perhaps it crossed His mind to begin again, not to keep wooing this people, calling them to Himself, but to make a new creation.......but no....He would not.   He is Faithful, Faithful, Faithful.  See, once our Lord God began to create His people, His chosen, those who would be called by His Name, those who would one day, being made righteous by the blood of His only Beloved Son, He could not let us go.  He loves, and when God loves, there is no turning back.  When we fail Him, it grieves His heart, but He knows our weaknesses, He knows our temptations; Jesus has told Him all, Jesus is there whispering in the ear of His Father, reminding Him that it was for these "I died"; that it is for these, all has been done for "these beloved of God" who will become the Bride of Christ, the Bride that has been courted and wooed for so many years; the Bride that the beautiful home is being built for.  No, God will never turn from us, in fact, if turning away is done, it is by His children, not Him.

The planning, the preparations, the giving of such precious gifts to the Bride; this process taking so long, costing so much, grieving Him so much at times and then giving Him such sweet joy when He hears the songs of the Brides' heart flowing up to Him.  No, He will never leave us.

He has prepared a place for me, He has prepared a place for you, for me, and He is waiting till all preparations are completed to send His Son, the Holy One, our Bridegroom, to come and receive His Bride and bring her home to dwell forever with the Father of all; the Faithful Father. 

No, He will never forsake us......Such love, such faithfulness.

05-07-12