GOD-FAITHFULNESS

 

 


 

God never made a promise that was too good to be true.

 

D.L. Moody

Christian History, n. 25.

 


 

God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.

 

Andrew Murray

 


 

I know of nothing which so stimulates my faith in my Heavenly Father as to look back and reflect on His faithfulness to me in every crisis and every chilling circumstance of life. Over and over He has proved His care and concern for my welfare.  gain and again I have been conscious of the Good Shepherd’s guidance through dark days and deep valleys.

 

Phillip Keller

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, Permission by Zondervan, www.zondervan.com, 1970, p. 82.

 


 

When we face difficulties, we sometimes forget God's past faithfulness. We see only the detours and the dangerous path. But look back and you will also see the joy of victory, the challenge of the climb, and the presence of your Traveling Companion who has promised never to leave you nor forsake you.

 

Author Unknown

 


 

We fail Him, but, blessed be His name, He has never failed us, and He never will do so. We doubt Him, we mistrust His love and His providence and His guidance; we “faint because of the way;” we murmur because of the way; yet all the time He is there blessing us, and waiting to pour out upon us a blessing so great that there shall not be room to receive it.

 

Author Unknown

The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 4.

 


 

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

 

Martin Luther

Christian Reader, v. 35, n. 2.

 


 

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.

 

Hudson Taylor

 


 

When God's people departed from Him (in the Old Testament biblical accounts) all the more emphasis was put upon His faithfulness, so that the only hope of His wayward people lay not only in His grace and mercy but also in His faithfulness, which stands in marked contrast with the faithlessness and inconstancy of His people.

 

Gaspar Wistar Hodge

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1915, Entry for Faithfulness, Public Domain.

 


 

God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.

 

Wayne Grudem

Systematic Theology, Zondervan, 1994, p. 194.

 


 

The Lord in His faithfulness helped us. Help was never more truly needed, nor did the help of the Lord ever come more obviously from Himself – His timing could not have been better. Praise the Lord for His goodness! Praise Him that He helped us trust in Him in this trying hour.

 

George Muller

The Autobiography of George Muller, 1984, p. 148. All quotations taken from books published by Whitaker House are used with permission of the publisher. Whitaker House books are available at Christian bookstores everywhere.

 


 

The being of God may as well fail as the promise of God.

 

Timothy Cruso

A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 226.

 


 

There is many a believer who forsakes God, but there is never a believer whom God forsakes.

 

Bob LaForge

Contemplating the Almighty, Perth Publishing, 1984, p. 120.

 


 

It stands to reason that God would abandon us because of our constant sin, but if that was a reason for Him to leave us, then there never was a reason for Him to have been drawn to us…  If He was attracted to us as aliens and hostile in mind, how could He abandon those whom He now calls His children?

 

Bob LaForge

Contemplating the Almighty, Perth Publishing, 1984, p. 121.

 


 

To say that God is faithful or consistent is not to imply, however, that He is predictable. Much bitterness toward God results from a misconception of this. Too often we speculate and try to guess the actions of God and, therefore, develop expectations. Through our limited and often perverted reasoning, we determine the “best” for our lives and then consider God's only reasonable response to be one of quick and complete fulfillment. 

 

Bob LaForge

Contemplating the Almighty, Perth Publishing, 1984, p. 126.

 


 

The promises of the Bible are nothing more than God’s covenant to be faithful to His people. It is His character that makes these promises valid.

 

Jerry Bridges

The Practice of Godliness, NavPress, 1996, p. 115-116. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com, All rights reserved. 

 


 

Our need is not to prove God’s faithfulness but to demonstrate our own, by trusting Him both to determine and to supply our needs according to His will.

 

John MacArthur

The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Matthew 1-7, Moody, 1985, p. 95.

 


 

Everything about God is great, vast, incomparable. He never forgets, never fails, never falters, never forfeits His word. To every declaration of promise or prophecy the Lord has exactly adhered, every engagement of covenant or threatening He will make good.

 

A.W. Pink

The Attributes of God.

 


 

God is true. His Word of Promise is sure. In all His relations with His people God is faithful. He may be safely relied upon.  No one ever yet really trusted Him in vain. We find this precious truth expressed almost everywhere in the Scriptures, for His people need to know that faithfulness is an essential part of the Divine character. This is the basis of our confidence in Him.

 

A.W. Pink

The Attributes of God.

 


 

There are seasons in the lives of all when it is not easy, no not even for Christians, to believe that God is faithful. Our faith is sorely tried, our eyes bedimmed with tears, and we can no longer trace the outworkings of His love. Our ears are distracted with the noises of the world, harassed by the atheistic whisperings of Satan, and we can no longer hear the sweet accents of His still small voice. Cherished plans have been thwarted, friends on whom we relied have failed us, a profest brother or sister in Christ has betrayed us. We are staggered. We sought to be faithful to God, and now a dark cloud hides Him from us. We find it difficult, yea, impossible, for carnal reason to harmonize His frowning providence with His gracious promises.

 

A.W. Pink

The Attributes of God.