Never Betrayed

"I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered."
Psalm 89:33&34

There are many times when we long for a "word from God." We find ourselves in difficult circumstances or in need of direction and we need to hear from him. We also feel sometimes, that God isn't speaking enough. Sometimes he is silent. The writers of the Psalms felt that way, too. Yet, many of the Psalms are prophecies that God prompted these men to write. God is still speaking. Sometimes, we just don't look in the right places or pay close attention. But this scripture is clearly a word from God for all of us. You don't have to look for it or try to interpret the meaning. It is clear.
    This is a direct promise from God himself. It is more sure than any wedding vow that has ever been uttered, more dependable than any oath of man. God promises us that he will never remove his love from us. Even though it may seem that he doesn't care, his covenant says otherwise. He has promised to love us. He made that promise long before we were even created. When the Bible says, "His love endures forever," it is exactly true. We can depend on his love.
    We can depend on his faithfulness. When everyone else fails us, even when we fail ourselves, we are secure in knowing that God will always be faithful. God has not asked us to do anything that he has not already done himself. When we are asked to be faithful to him, our spouses, our families, and our churches; it has already been modeled by him. He loves us and he is faithful.
    He will never violate his covenant with us. In other words, what he has promised, what he has spoken, what he has created will never be compromised. These are all elements of his covenant with us. This promise runs so deep that he has already sacrificed his only Son for us. This was done so that God's covenant would remain true. He not only told us he loves us, he proved it by becoming flesh, living in the world, dying, and gloriously rising for us. Every name of every person who would believe was marked "redeemed" on that day.
    God never changes. We sometimes have slips of the tongue that require us to apologize for our actions, but God never slips or changes. Every word he utters is so solid that he will never change it. What he has said will never be altered.
    I feel that today is a good time to remind ourselves of the love and faithfulness of God. If you are needing a word from God today, take this one. He said it and it is absolutely true. Though our little worlds may seem like they are falling apart, his is not. We live in his kingdom, guaranteed by his covenant with us. Today, I think we need to be reminded that we will never be betrayed.