What a Faithful God have I

 What a Faithful God I Have

What a faithful God I have—

Not a distant deity who wound the world and left,

Not a passive observer, of promises bereft.

But a covenant-keeping Father, true and tried,

Who has never, ever failed me, though I've wandered and I've lied.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. (Deuteronomy 7:9)

When I was faithless, He remained.

When I complained, He still sustained.

When I forgot the vows I made,

His faithful love would not degrade.

For His faithfulness is not dependent on my own—

It flows from who He is, seated on the throne.

What a faithful God I have in seasons bright and fair,

When blessings fall like rain and answers come through prayer.

I see His hand in every gift, His goodness on display,

And my heart responds with gratitude and words I long to say:

"You are faithful, Lord! You keep Your every word!"

And my soul, like Miriam, dances before the Lord.

What a faithful God I have when shadows fill the space,

When silence seems His only answer, when I cannot see His face.

In the waiting, in the wondering, in the valley deep and wide,

His faithfulness surrounds me—He will never leave my side.

Though I cannot trace His hand, I can trust His faithful heart,

And in that trust, I find the strength to live my part.

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)

What a faithful God I have in every promise spoken,

Every covenant established, every chain of bondage broken.

He promised Abraham a son, and Isaac came to be.

He promised Israel deliverance, and parted the Red Sea.

He promised David a forever throne, and Jesus reigns today.

He promised me eternal life—and He will not delay.

What a faithful God I have—the proof is in the cross,

Where the faithfulness of God redeemed the world from loss.

There, on that hill, He kept His word to save a sinful race,

And met the demands of justice with His own sufficient grace.

If He did not spare His Son, but gave Him for us all,

How will He not, with Him, give everything else to those who call?

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19)

So here I stand, a witness to His faithfulness through time.

I add my testimony to the eternal, growing line

Of those who say with confidence, with joy, with grateful breath:

"What a faithful God I have—in life, in death, in life beyond death!"

His faithfulness is my foundation.

His faithfulness is my song.

What a faithful God I have—

To Him alone I belong.

Amen.