Faithful - Even In the Climate Change

Psalm 119:90 - " Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures."

God's faithfulness is a theme that David loves to repeat throughout his writings. He was enamored by it. And, why not? He was someone who had difficulty being faithful himself, and was surrounded by people who were not faithful to him. Take a moment to think about God's faithfulness in your life. Where have you seen it? What are some of the ways that His faithfulness has carried you through the storms of your life?

The beauty of this verse is the generational blessing of God's faithfulness. David, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, promises us that God's faithfulness will continue through all generations. Remember what I said about the word "all" a few days ago? All means all and that's all all means. All generations can expect to experience teh faithfulness of God. His faithfulness isn't dependent one iota on us. He is faithful. Are we?

At the end of this verse, David talks about God establishing the earth, and it enduring. There is a lot of fear today about our earth. Climate change is on everybody's mind. Whether or not you agree with the science of climate change, you're probably talking about it. Just today, another report came out from A Nobel-winning U.N. panel of scientists declaring that humanity faces a deep challenge in the years ahead. (See this:REPORT.) A warmer earth, the report says, means extiniction of more species, starvation, droughts, hurricanes, tornados, fires. And, all of that doesn't change who God is. He will continue to remain faithful. Through all generations. Will we? As Christians, God has called us to care for the earth. And, we should. We should do everything that we can do care for His creation. But, we also need to not let the fear of things to come, shake our allegiance to He who is eternal. God is number one, not the earth. God is God, not the earth. We care for the creation, and love the Creator. May we be ever faithful to our Creator, God.

Dear God,

I don't like hearing about climate change. I don't like to think about what could be on the horizon for the world. I'm tired of the debate and the posturing on both sides. But, if it's true, then we need to do something about it. We need to obey your command to care for your creation. Help us not to become so consumed with caring for creation that we forget the most important issues in life. This earth is our temporary home. We owe it to future generations to care for it. But, we also need to share You with this present generation. Help us to always keep You priority number one in our lives. Thank You for the lesson of faithfulness that David shows us throughout the Scripture. Thank You that we are to model our lives after You and if You are faithful, then we can be too. Help us to be faithful to You.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.