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February 7
BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-3 “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:  And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have hot faith.  But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”

    Paul is writing to this church to encourage them to persevere in the face of their trials.  This is a church that is in crisis.  In verse three they received just the word they needed to hear, “But the Lord is faithful.”  The believers in Thessalonica needed to hear this message and so do we in this day and hour. God is and always has been and always will be faithful.
    The phrase that is used in verse 3 implies that faithfulness is synonymous with the very character of God.  There are many places in the Bible where insight into the character and person of the Lord is given.  One is in Deuteronomy 4:31 where it says, “For the Lord they God is a merciful God . . .” In Deuteronomy 10:17 we are told, “For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.”
    Deuteronomy 33:27 says, “The eternal God is our refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.”  We are weak and at times we may stumble or fall, but you can be assured that when you do, He will always be there to catch you!  “Underneath are the everlasting
arms,” always there to hold us up and always there when we stumble.
    He has promised us that He would never leave us nor forsake us!  You can always count on Him to be there when we need Him!
    He is said to be “faithful” in our text verse, which means that He always keeps His promises.  Malachi 3:6 says that He is the God who never changes.  He is the God who never fails. He is the God who you can count on!  He is always everything that the Bible says that He is and He is always faithful.
     That’s who He is!