God's call to be Faithful in an Unfaithful World

Unfaithfulness is what got the nation of Israel in major trouble with God. They found it difficult to stay faithful and loyal to God on a consistent and regular basis. Time and again God called them harlots and adulterers because they kept chasing after other gods.

Faithfulness is a divine characteristic. 2 Timothy 2.13 says, if we are faithless (to God), He will remain faithful (with us), for He cannot disown Himself. (powerful, eh?) Faithfulness is a quality high on the list with Yahweh God. It is a quality that we must carefully cultivate in our relationships. God expects us to be faithful and loyal not only with Him but also with our spouses, children, parents, associates, fellow believers and friends.

Faithlessness with God leads to faithlessness in every other area of our dealings. All around us we constantly hear of fathers walking out of their marriages and forsaking their children. More and more mothers bail out of their responsibilities in search of personal happiness. Husbands and wives having affairs behind their spouses back completely destroying the trust of their spouses and children. Fickleness and inconstancy spreads like an epidemic into such abandoned children and into the very fabric of our society.

In the materialistic and self-centered world that we are living in faithfulness is a quality that has become passé. God however is concerned whether we are going to stay true, loyal and faithful to Him as well as to the family and friends he has brought into our lives.