Psalm 89:1-18

This Psalm is built around God's faithfulness. But I think this passage of scripture will help us to see God's faithfulness in a whole new light. It showed me an aspect of His faithfulness that I knew but never really thought about it that much. So the Psalm opens with the writer praising God for His faithfulness and also showing how even the heavens and the angels praise God as they watch His faithfulness displayed. I love the question "For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?" in verse 6. It's one of those questions that doesn't need an answer because there really isn't one. We know that there is no-one like our God. The Psalmist goes on and makes a statement that made me smile when I read it; (God is) "awesome above all those who are around Him". You say of course He is! You know something, I think we put ourselves over God way more than we realise, when in reality we can't even put ourselves above the glory of the angels. And the fact of the matter is, the angels do not even compare to God. As the writer continues, he talks about how God owns the earth, the heavens, and everything in them. He defeats His enemies with ease. "Wait a minute!" you say. "What happened here? I thought we were talking about God's faithfulness." We are! You see, God is faithful to His will and purpose. Everything that happens to us, good or bad is a result of God's faithfulness. How could a storm in our lives be a result of God's faithfulness? Well He promises us hard times for those who follow Him. God is simply being faithful to His promises. We just want God to be faithful to the 'good promises'. Wouldn't you agree that God, in order for us to grow, has to bring hard times our way? So is God not faithful in those times? Of course He still is! Proverbs says "faithful are the wounds of a friend". The point I am trying to make is that God is faithful to give us the good times and the storms and trials that help us grow. And of course an aspect of His faithfulness is that He will carry us through. He never said it would be easy, but He said He will see us through the storms. I believe He is faithful to every word of that statement.
The last verse of this Psalm brings out a profound point. It says that "our shield belongs to the Lord". The Psalmist realised that if they fell to their enemeies it was because God allowed it. But we still see the writer focus on the fact that God is faithful even when He allows things like that to happen. So are you trusting in God's faithfulnes completely? Or do you just want Him to give you all the good and leave the storms for those who can handle it? Well here's a thought: none of us can handle them! That's why God says He will carry us through because He knows we can't do it on our own. He wants us to trust Him. Do you still believe in God's faithfulness?