For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6 ESV)
Reliability
God’s people have not been faithful. And if God words meant as little as our words often do, God’s people would be in serious trouble.
But God has promised to be our God. Not because we are so cool, but because Jesus Christ is willing to take our sin on Himself.
And God reliably keeps that promise.
God does not say, “I will forgive your sins because of Christ’s death, but I might forget, so keep worrying.”
God does not say, “I will adopt you as my children, riding on Christ’s coattails, but I might stop caring.”
God does not say, “I will welcome you into the perfection of heaven, using Christ’s ticket, but I might change my mind.”
We are peculiar, God’s reliability is a grand thing for us.