Faithful Forever

I remember clearly when I made some vows to my wife. I promised to be faithful to her in sickness or in health until death separates us. I don’t know what happens when we die, but I do believe that death is not the end. It’s more like a beginning of forever, but really eternity began when I was conceived in my mother’s womb. I have a hard time understanding forever, because everything here on earth is temporary. It has a beginning and an ending – a life-span.

As I read in scripture the history of God’s people and His relationship with them, I often get frustrated when I see all that God had done for them and then, they still served and worshipped idols. They ignored His love. I read in Isaiah this morning and God makes a promise to His people. Check this out….

⁸ In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.
    But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

⁹ “Just as I swore in the time of Noah
    that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,
so now I swear
    that I will never again be angry and punish you.
¹⁰ For the mountains may move
    and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain.
    My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”
    says the Lord, who has mercy on you.(Isaiah 54:8-10 NLT)

I want to be absolute in my promise to God. I want to say that I will always follow His will and His way. I must confess that it is easier said than done, because there are things I want and things I want to do that are not in my best interest, but I do them anyway. I feel like I should apologize to God’s people for being so hard on them, when my heart is just as deceitful if not worse than theirs.

I am learning to grow in my faith as the Lord loves me away from sin. I’m not driven by guilt as much as I’m attracted to His deep love for me. Guilt gets my attention, but love motivates and moves me. I know that I can count on the faithfulness of God even when He can’t count on my faithfulness to Him. As a Dad, I understand the deep love of My Father in heaven more than ever.

Pressing On!

Dwayne