The Faithfulness of God

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:6-11 ESV).

Where would a trip to Yellowstone be without seeing the Old Faithful Geyser? I have read that it is the most photographed attraction in Yellowstone. It is not be the largest geyser in Yellowstone, but it's certainly impressive when it erupts steam and water up to 180 feet into the sky. Eruptions last around one to five minutes. The boiling water shooting from Old Faithful sends out up to 8,400 gallons. Over 137,000 eruptions have been recorded so far. It gets its name from the fact that it is very predictable. It erupts on a regular schedule every 55 to 110 minutes. Our reading today speaks of the original “Old Faithful.” God is eternally faithful. The Prophet Isaiah simply declares whatever God speaks, happens. Because He is the never-changing God, what He says is truth and will be done. One day, the Bible tells us, the very foundations of this earth will perish. The writer of Hebrews says that the universe in which we live will "wear out like clothing. You will roll them up like a cloak, and they will be changed like a robe. But you are the same, and your years will never end." (cf. Hebrews 1:10-12). Jesus Himself clearly said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (cf. Matthew 24:35). That means He will keep all His promises. It means that God will fulfill every prophecy. A.W. Pink wrote, "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, for 'God is not man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it?'” (cf. Numbers 23:19). Because God is perfect, He never changes. So what He says will be just as true a million years from now as it is today. Count on His promises to you. Rest in those promises.