Dependability!

If you are one of those who checks out this blog from time to time, you may have had the same difficulty that I have had in gaining access to it, in its fulness, over the past couple of days. There was, apparently, some problem with the provider, and the posts themselves were not showing. Nor, I discovered, could I add a new one so, my apologies for not having added anything for almost a week! All the wonders of modern technology - but not always totally dependable!

How unlike Almighty God that is. He is the One Who is utterly dependable. He is the One Who, as we come to Him through the Persona of the Son - the Lord, Jesus the Christ - never lets us down. He is, as the writer of the Letter to Hebrew Christians puts it "the same yesterday, today, and forever". And that "sameness" is true of His attitude towards both you and me.

He never lets us down, and He never lets us go. "I am with you always" was the promise of the Lord Jesus to those disciples who had spent some three years of their lives with Him, seeing at first hand the miracles He performed; hearing His voice as He taught both them and the multitudes. What a wonderful encouragement to know that, when my feeble faith begins to slip, His strong hand holds on to me.

He never lets me down; He never lets me go; and He never lets me off!! That isn't always an aspect of His character that we want to remember - but it is absolutely true. And would I really want anything else? A recent question I was asked in "AllExperts" (see the links) had to do with the discipline of children. Now, as anyone who knows me would expect, I have absolutely no time for those who abuse children, whether physically, emotionally, or sexually. But where I believe the "do-gooders" have got it wrong is in not differentiating between an adult using his/her superior physical strength to thrash a child, and a parent disciplining their child - for the child's ultimate good. The latter is not only Biblically endorsed, but is also a sign of love. When I smacked my own children for some relatively minor misdemeanour, it was because I loved them and didn't want them to end up in much more serious trouble. The state of society today, certainly in the UK, shows the sad state of affairs that has resulted from children constantly being "let off". Thank God that He loves me enough to discipline me when the need arises.

Never letting me down; never letting me go; never letting me off. The God Who is, not merely of love, but love itself (I John 4:8). I commend Him to you.