God Is Faithful

"God is faithful." How do I know that's true? "He cannot deny Himself." My behavior--even if I am faithless--cannot change the immutable God--He remains faithful. To look at our circumstances and fail to see His faithfulness doesn't mean He is not being so. God is--is--faithful; He cannot--cannot--deny Himself. "I will never leave you nor forsake you." "All things will work together for good." You cannot be separated from My love."
The weakest person in the world is the Christian who thinks he is strong. Despite the old Christian cliche--"He will never give you more than you can handle"--He always gives us more than we can handle. He never gives us more than He can handle as we embrace our weaknesses, glory in our thorns in the flesh that make us weak because we know they make us totally dependent on Him. And no one can abide in Christ--be fully aware of His presence in his or her life--without total dependence on Him. Total. He doesn't test us to prove to us how strong we are. He tests us to remind us of how desperately weak we are. (By the way, He knows all about thorns in the flesh.) Only in our weaknesses--and our joyful acknowledgement of their purpose--can He perfect--bring to maturity--our strength. "I can do all things through Him--and only through Him--who is my strength" "When I am weak--and only when I am weak--than I am strong"--in the power of His might. The Lord is faithful to constantly remind us of that so that we can know experientially that He is faithful. And that it is His faithfulness that sustains us. It is impossible for Him not to do so. Faithful is who He is; not just what He does. He is faithful to reveal to me my weakness, faithful to remind me of His sufficient grace, faithful to use my weaknesses to bring glory to His name--the omnipotent God of All Grace. He is our faithful God of conquering, victorious grace.

"Great is Thy faithfulness," O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; as Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be. Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.