“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10

How many times have you listened to a teenager lament “Life is NOT FAIR!” I’m sure those words have never slid off your tongue. I daily read about the challenges and my mind ‘thinks’ those words. There were probably a few people living in Nashville last month that expressed those words either verbally or mentally following the loss of life at the Covenant School. Our Heavenly Father is faithful to take special note of those who serve Him in many different ways on this side of Heaven.

In the above verse from Hebrews, the writer is talking to believers; you, these Haitian kids and me. He is writing out of concern for a few of the first-century believers who had begun to cool off and drift from a close walk with God. Do you know anyone like that? There are gangs like that in Haiti. The writer wants to encourage his followers to stay at it, follow the course, keep going.

In other words, he reminds them and each of us of that great truth all of us tend to forget when days turn into a slow grind: God is faithful! He uses eight words to convey this fact: "God is not unjust; He will not forget."

What does it mean to say that God is faithful? It means He is steadfast in His allegiance to His people; His believers, His servants. He will not leave us alone when life seems unfair. God keeps His word.

Dear Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.

May God be with you,

Jay