“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.”
Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV)
Deuteronomy contains what God’s people needed to know - needed to remember in order for them to live long and fruitful lives in the land that God was giving them on this earth.
They needed to remember – they needed to know that God is a faithful God.
The English word faithful is defined as loyal, constant, and steadfast.
The Hebrew word behind the English word is defined as integrity, trustworthiness and dependability.
Matthew 4 records that our Lord used quotes from chapter 6 and chapter 8 to overcome the temptation by the devil and it is no coincidence that the chapter in between those two chapters stress God’s faithfulness. God is absolutely dependable, you can trust Him to deliver you, what He has said He will do for you, He will do. This verse links His faithfulness to keeping His covenant of love – friend are you in Christ, have you trusted Christ for your salvation? Then friend you have entered into the new covenant, you are a participant with Christ in the covenant made between God and His Son, the eternal covenant of love.
I don’t know what I will face today, tomorrow or this week. But I know that whatever I face God will be faithful to deliver me because of His faithfulness.
Therefore I will be faithful to Him today and trust him for the outcome.
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