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Monthly Message
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March 2010
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by Dean Allen
Dean Allen serves as a deacon at SRVBC and is the author of SRVBC's Monthly Message
Previous Messages:
January 2010
February 2010
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
God is faithful to His saints individually and collectively, both now and through all eternity. The Apostle Paul said, “If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself” (2 Timothy 2:13). Time does not change His faithfulness; circumstances do not affect His faithfulness, and people do not interfere with His faithfulness. In a world where we cannot count on much of anything, we can count on our God for everything.
As we enter our new church building for the first time, we pause to thank Him for His faithfulness. He has provided for us in so many miraculous ways. He always gives us more than we deserve in ways we cannot fathom and at just the right time. Tears of joy mingled with the sweat of our brows leads to marvelous praise to Him.
It is no wonder that the hymn writer said, “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.” Jeremiah, in the midst of such sorrow over the fall of Jerusalem said in Lamentations 3:22-23, “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed. Because His compassions they fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.”
When we see the faithfulness of God all around us, how can we not rejoice and trust Him implicitly? Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up hungry every morning. He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect He will send 3 million missionaries to China; but if He did, He would have ample means to sustain them all. Depend on it. God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God supply.”
The hymn writer said it so well, “We’ve come this far by faith, trusting in the Lord. Leaning on His holy Word, He’s never failed us yet.” Our faithful Lord and Savior cannot and will not ever fail us. He is with us each day and showers us with His abundant grace and mercy. The children of God know that His blessings continually flow. Great is Thy faithfulness.
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