Our hope rests on the unchanging nature of who God is (see Heb 6:17). God’s faithfulness is a thread which runs throughout the whole Bible. Here are just a few verses reminding us of this fact:
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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. (Deut 7:9)
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He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deut 32:4)
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All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. (Ps 25:10)
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For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. (Ps 33:4)
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For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. (Ps 57:10)
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. (Ps 89:14)
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Great is Your faithfulness. (Lam 3:23)
These verses remind us of God’s faithfulness to us and this theme is continued in the New Testament, where we see that God fulfilled all His promises in Jesus Christ. Paul reminds us of God’s faithfulness in 1 Cor 1:9 and 1 Cor 10:13; he goes on to say, ‘But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.’ (2 Cor 1:18-20)
We are not consumed or destroyed because of God’s great faithfulness!