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"Old Faithful" is a famous geyser in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. It was so named in 1870 because it reliably erupts at somewhat consistent and predictable intervals.
A famous Latin motto, Semper fidelis, means "Always faithful." God is always faithful, and we should learn to take Him at His word. Do we? And how much can you and I be counted on to be faithful?
"Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?" (Proverbs 20:6, New International Version). It is increasingly difficult to find someone whose love or loyalty can be counted on. So many people are fickle and faithless.
It's sad to read the apostle Paul's prophecy of wretched attitudes and habits "in the last days" (2 Timothy 3:1): "For men will be lovers of themselves...blasphemers... unloving...slanderers...traitors..." (verses 2-4). The consequences to society are disastrous.
Marriages and families are a major casualty. Fewer and fewer people are willing to make lifelong commitments. And a great many who do make wedding vows (even "before God") later on break those vows in one way or another. When someone cheats on or deserts his or her mate, God says "you have dealt treacherously [with]...your companionvby covenant" (Malachi 2:14-16). God hates these forms of unfaithfulness.
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