Thirteen weeks! Christmas day marked the completion of thirteen weeks of workouts. Thirteen weeks ago I committed to doing workouts five days per week to improve my overall health and tone my body. I have been faithful to that commitment and I intend to continue doing so. Although it has been quite tough at times, I have had good support from my husband and other family members and I have relied on God's strength. It is He that has enabled me to be faithful to my commitment.
While our faithfulness to our commitments is often unreliable, God is always faithful.
He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
Psalm 105:8 NLT
This verse is particularly referring to the commitment that God made to Abraham that He would give him the land of Canaan. While it took many years, and many trials, the people did receive the land in the end and God blessed them so much along the way. He arranged for Joseph to be in charge of the food in Egypt in preparation for the famine. He sent the Israelites into Egypt, into the best part of the land, during the time of the famine so that they would have food to eat. He multiplied them while they were in Egypt so that they became a great nation. He performed many miracles to bring them out of Egypt. He compelled the Egyptians to give all their valuables to the Israelites when they left Egypt. He miraculously brought them through the Red Sea and sustained them in the wilderness for forty years with food that miraculously came from heaven. He provided water for the people throughout their wanderings, even bringing water from a rock. He did so much for them, even giving them crops ready to harvest when they arrived in the promised land.
He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
and they harvested crops that others had planted.
Psalm 105:44 NLT
God is always faithful and He has committed to give us the promised land, a new earth.
“Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth,
and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.
Isaiah 65:17 NLT
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am."
John 14:1-3 NLT
God has proven His faithfulness in the past, He continues to prove His faithfulness in the present, we can trust Him to be faithful in the future.
