“Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keeps His commandments to a thousand generations.”  Deuteronomy 7:9

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”  1 Corinthians 1:9

1 Corinthians 1:9a ‘God is faithful’  The Amplified Bible says,
“God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on)…”

So we can trust that He always does what He says He will do!  Scripture tells us in Hebrews 13:8,
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.”
Also,
Jesus tells us in John 10:30,
“I and the Father are one.”

The world is filled with tragedies and suffering; trials and tribulations.  And dear believers we are not immune.  But Omniscient God knows all about us and our situations.
“Oh LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And acquainted with all my ways.”  Psalm 139:1-3
(To see how intimately God knows you, read all of Psalm 139.)

Omnipotent God has the power to meet our every need.  We have the promise of Romans 8:28,
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”

Yes, God has a purpose for those who love Him and Scripture tells us what that is in the next verse:
“For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the first born of many brothers.”  Vs. 29

Then we have verse 30 which is sometimes referred to as the golden chain,
“And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified.”

Jesus assures us in John 16:33 (the last verse in His discourse to His disciples),
“I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33

Remember Jesus did not leave us alone!  Jesus tells us in John 14:16-18,
“And I will ask the Father and He will give you another helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive, because it neither sees Him or knows Him.  You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”  John 14:16-18

Then in John 16:13-14 Jesus tells us,
“When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come.  He will glorify Me, for He will take what is Mine and declare it to you.”  

God has appointed you and me to be here at this time in history! Yes, by God’s appointment for His purpose!  Let us be sensitive to the Holy Spirit so that we do not miss anything that the Lord has planned for our lives that are His.

And let us do as Hebrews 12:1-2 says,
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…”  

Be joyful and thankful in our Lord God always!  Amen