Date: 02-25-2021

Title: God’s Faithfulness

(S) cripture:
    Leviticus 26:40-46 (NLT2) “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me. 41 When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins. 42 Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. 43 For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees. 44 “But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the LORD their God. 45 For their sakes I will remember my ancient covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.” 46 These are the decrees, regulations, and instructions that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai as evidence of the relationship between himself and the Israelites.

(O) bservation:
    Before these verses the Lord has outlined how he will bless the obedience and punish the disobedience of the people. We then come to this passage where the people confess their sin and God assures them of his promise and covenant that he made with their ancestors. He is the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt to be their God. The passage closes with a declaration of the relationship between God and the Israelites.

(A) pplication:
    As Christians we are not under the Law but under grace. For me grace goes far beyond the requirements of the law. These principles are still true for us. As we walk by faith in obedience God brings blessing to our lives. Likewise, when we are disobedient God disciplines us in order to draw us back to himself. Paul, the Apostle, tells us that “God is faithful even when we are faithless”. I am so glad that God does not abandon me but rather disciplines me that our relationship might be restored to what He wants it to be. I am thankful that God gave us a way to renew our relationship with him through the confession of our sin and being empowered by the Holy Spirit.

(P) rayer:
    Father I thank you for being faithful even when I am faithless. Thank you for forgiving my sin and providing a way for me to walk clean before you each and every day. Let your covenant be evident in my life and let me point others to you. Amen