Always Faithful
Great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:23
Faithfulness can turn the most menial job into a vitally important one. For example, think about how dependent we are on something as small as a postage stamp. It’s always ready for service. It goes wherever it is sent. It does whatever it is asked to do. It sticks to the task until it’s done. It doesn’t give up when it is licked. It stays up to date. And it finds no job too small.
We were not all born with equal talents; some of us are more gifted in certain areas than others. But every one of us was born with an equal responsibility to utilise his or her abilities at full capacity.
That’s the most any of us can do, and it is what God, who gave us our talents, expects us to do.
200 years ago, when the U.S. Marine Corps was first formed, officials gave considerable time to contemplating a fitting motto. They finally chose the Latin phrase “semper fidelis”, a phrase now engraved on the mind of every Marine. It means ‘Always faithful’!
Both are important words, but the most important is the first one: always!
This is because a Marine can’t afford to be faithful only when it’s comfortable or convenient, or when they feel like it, or when it will make them happy.
Semper fidelis means you must always be faithful – regardless of the cost.
God wants to be able to say the same thing about you as is said about Him: ‘Great is thy faithfulness.’
So whether you’re a boss or an employee, a friend or a teammate, a student or a lecturer, a pastor or a Marine, the word for you is – always be faithful!