But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
Psalm 13:5
Do you remember the old game show $10,000 Pyramid (or $15,000, $25,000 or $100,000—depending on the decade you tuned in)? Teams of two worked together, one giving clues to help the other guess the word or phrase in the box on the screen. I loved playing along and calling out clues to the television screen—convinced that my clues were helping!
If the box said unfailing, what clues would you give? A few may come to mind:
- dependable
- steadfast
- reliable
- constant
- without error
Love, on its own, is a powerful word. With Valentine’s Day upon us, we see the word love everywhere. We love our spouses and our children. We love life and the opportunities it provides. We love God, we love His Word, and we love serving Him.
All that love flowing from us is made possible because of God’s love first flowing to us.
God’s love is unconditional, sacrificial, and providential.
In the book of Psalms, the Psalmist uses the word unfailing 33 times to describe God’s love. When unfailing is an adjective describing love, we can only be referring to God’s love. No human love is unfailing; because we are fallible, we are incapable of unfailing love. Only God Himself will never let us down. Only He loves us with an unfailing, everlasting, dependable, steadfast, reliable, constant, without-error love.
Only God Himself will never let us down. Only He loves us with an unfailing, everlasting, dependable, steadfast, reliable, constant, without-error love. Click To TweetIt’s so perfect, it borders on unbelievable.
It’s so wonderful, our hearts can scarce take it in.
Whether I am obedient or disobedient. Whether or not I skipped my quiet time, yelled at the kids, or disrespected my husband. I may have been selfish, insensitive, and prideful. I may have let down a friend, and blown an opportunity to help when it was in my ability to do so. But God still loves me. He keeps loving me.
His love is UNFAILING.
Do you believe that? Do you live like you believe that?
Once you truly take hold of this beautiful truth, it will change how you live. It will reshape your motivations. It will color your day and transform your why. It will bring freedom from condemnation, from feeling compelled to perform. It will elevate have to until it becomes want to … or even delight to.
Take a moment and soak it in, revel in it, be amazed by it: God’s unfailing love.
And then pause to praise along with the Psalmist:
…I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
Unfailing love is indeed cause for rejoicing!
Join us during February as we celebrate God’s unfailing love
by reading, writing, and praying verses from the Psalms.
See Write The Word: Love, the latest installment in Laura’s monthly Write The Word series,
to download your printable bookmark with February’s selected verses.
