Great Is Thy Faithfulness

I love the song "Great is Thy Faithfulness" because it makes me reflect on how the Lord has truly been so faithful to me. He's given me every good thing for my soul, and countless additional comforts  for life on earth in His grace. But this morning as I listened to this song on my commute, I considered the sobering fact that my existence has only started 22 years ago. Really consider that, just 22 years! It is so small and insignificant of a time against all of eternity, and if I have had the joy of witnessing this much of His faithfulness in my lifetime, how much more will I see before I breathe my last? 22 more years? 40 years? 50 years? Whatever it will be, I can't wait to see what He will do, how many more glimpses of His goodness He will grant me to see.

But what's really crazy, is that when I've died, my time on earth will grow continuously minuscule as the time of eternity continues on. And in eternity, the bible says we will ever worship the Lord Jesus for who He is, but also for one thing in particular:

Revelation 5:11-13

"Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, 

'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,

to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might

and honor and glory and blessing!'

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, 

'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb

be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!'”

We will worship Him for being the Lamb. The God-man who gave up His divine place on the throne to become flesh, and as the Creator of Life, die. On a cross, hated by those He came to save, all the while drinking full the wrath of the Holy God, as the Holy God.

My 22 years of life may be a wonderful testament to God's faithfulness, but the greatest work of His faithfulness was already done. Planned before eternity past, to be remembered for eternity future. The Lord Jesus Christ has submit himself to fleshly death, for sinners.

Great is His faithfulness.


(My favorite version of Great Is Thy Faithfulness by Jimmy Needham here)
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bb6qLFKvP0HfqgdQWMAHw