GOD IS FAITHFUL!

“If we are faithless
[do not believe and are untrue to Him],
He remains true (faithful to
His Word and His righteous
character), for He cannot deny Himself.”
II Timothy 2:13
The Amplified Bible

Proverbs 20:6 says, “Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is really faithful?” To be faithful means to be steadfast in affection or allegiance. Synonyms for the word faithful are loyal, constant, steadfast and resolute. To be loyal is a firm resistance to any temptation to desert or betray. A constant friend is one who continues in firmness of emotional attachment without necessarily implying strict obedience to promises or vows. A resolute ally is one who has firm determination to adhere to a cause or purpose. And finally, to be steadfast implies a steady, unwavering course in love, allegiance or conviction. God exemplifies every one of those qualifications, every time, ALL the time! God is the epitome of faithfulness. He always has been and always will be. He cannot deny himself.
God’s character and His word are immutable, or unchanging, and infallible. “God is not a man, that he should lie. He is not a human, that he should change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through” (Numbers 23:19)? When God makes a promise, he is faithful to his word. When he made the promise to Abraham the Bible says that he “could swear by no greater, so he sware by himself" (Hebrews 6:13). He gave His word and his promise and was alert and active, watching over His word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12).
God’s character, word and promises are not based on our faithfulness. Regardless of our lack of faithfulness, disobedience and rebellion, doubt and unbelief, passivity and complacency, GOD cannot deny Himself and he will continue to be faithful. The children of Israel did not believe what he said, ‘did their unbelief make the faithfulness of God of none effect? God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar” (Romans 3:3-4).
In these turbulent times, many are making promises that still must be proven. God never makes empty promises and He always comes through. He doesn’t leave it up to man to complete or fulfill His word. I Thessalonians 5:24 says, “Faithful is he that called you, who also will do.” Put your trust in the Almighty God. He is faithful, loyal, steadfast and resolute. You can depend on Jesus. God is faithful.