Gods Promise He is Faithful (5)

Post 5 of a series in Deuteronomy (Gods Promise, He is Faithful)

Deuteronomy 7:8 and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Therefore, know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations.

Because God loves us He also sustains us. God is a being of faithfulness. A promise delivered to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that this being would be "A God to you" is also true for this generation.

There are many times in our lives when we struggle to recognise that we have a faithful God but that does not alter the fact that He is faithful.

To prove Gods faithfulness we have to obey His command and leading. He can say in scripture that He is faithful and will keep covenant but until we make an effort and move into that promise we will never know that He is faithful.

I believe God to be faithful, looking back over my life I can see that God has kept me and sustained me, even in the times of straying. That statement may seem a contradiction from the one above that says He is faithful when we move yet in many ways Gods faithfulness is revealed both by His mercy and in our obedience.

We need to learn what it is to know God, to know that He has redeemed us, it is He who sustains us and it is He who is God. Deuteronomy 7:9 "Therefore, know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God"

Lord help us to draw on your faithfulness, to know you are God in all your fullness what ever that may mean. Help us Lord to trust you implicitly and to know when to walk, know when to run and know when to stay. Time Lord is not important to you just obedience and trust in you the timeless being and creator of all things.