Faithfulness is What I Long For

Faithfulness is what I need. Those are some of the words of a popular worship song. Today we see God’s faithfulness in His word and in his creation. If everything else falls apart, those are two places we can go for rejuvenation. It helps that we know God as the Creator of creation. But what can be a more wonderful personal worship time than going outside in creation, looking at the sureness of what God has made, and realizing that it remains to this day and will continue to remain, because God made it? Pick your time. Day or night. And then think on the promises in his word that also remain. Day or night.

Psa 19:2  Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

And by way of application…

Psa 139:12  Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Here are our four Ps. 119 verses for today:

Psa 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.	What is more faithful than God? Nothing. But equal to his faithfulness is the faithfulness of his word. On an application level, what he promised several thousand years ago still stands, and will always stand. God deposited his thoughts into the bank of his word, and it is insured forever. Here are some other equally amazing verses about the faithfulness of his word: Psa 12:6-7  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  (7)  Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
(90)  Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.	And on the subject of God’s faithfulness, it passes from one generation to the next. That should be comforting to parents who wonder how their children will ever make it in this rapidly deteriorating world. Granted, It’s not the same world we grew up in. It’s not as innocent. But God. …He is still faithful, and he will be faithful to the next generation. Proof of his faithfulness is creation. As sure as the sun came up this morning (OK, it’s raining in Kansas City), he will be faithful to your kids, because his faithfulness is unto all generations.
(91)  They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.	The earth. … creation… continues because God has ordained it to be so. (Read Ps. 148.) In this context, what is his servant? All of creation. Creation is serving God’s purpose.  For one, it’s serving as an example of God’s faithfulness, as we saw in vs. 90.  Really, if you want a look at stability, go take a walk outside and thank God for the creation around you.
(92)  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.	And now we’re back to the faithfulness of God’s word, his law. While you are out on a walk, meditate on the faithfulness of God’s law, and its delights to your life. Otherwise, you would have “perished in your affliction.” This is how you encourage yourself in God. Remember his word and his faithfulness. Clear your mind of everything else for a few minutes and think on that.