The Faithfulness of God

God isn't like the planets that keep shifting and moving day after day. Neither is He like the wave of the sea that is tossed to and fro. James describes God saying, "Every good and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning" (James 1:17, KJV).

There is no variableness. The standard of God does not change. Paul says the foundation of God stands sure. That's super amazing.

_Do you know what this means?

It means we can always bank on the faithfulness of God as our Father, Forgiver, Helper, Teacher and much more. Haven't you ever wondered that when people get into trouble in their lives, they suddenly become religious, they remember that God exists and something within them assures them that God will hear. Well, He always does.

Luke 15 records something profound about the Lost Son. It says, "and when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!... I will arose and go to my father..."

*Now, here's the point*

Your real self is that which desires the presence of the Father. It says "when he came to himself", this means that the deepest parts of each of us, at the fabric of our making by God is encrypted a divine code that always relates back to our Father. Though the son wanted food, he realized that he had to get into the Father's presence before he could access all that he needed. So, the proof that you have found yourself is revealed in your desire to seek the presence of the Father.

Friends, when you meet people who are deep necked in sin, or simply wavering from God or perhaps are indifferent about Him, simply know that they are not their real selves. Within them lies a desire for God.

Are you still in the "far country" of sin or backsliding? You can return home now. The Father is waiting.

It's time to return home... You can trust the faithfulness of God.

Prayer:

Father, I trust your faithfulness. I come into your arms again, receive and restore me in Jesus name.

Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional