Faithful God, Faithful Fruit: Resting in the Covenant-Keeping Love of Yahushua
James Jacques Joseph Tissot | c. 1902
Faithfulness is one of the most comforting words in Scripture — and often one of the most intimidating. We love its steadiness, its strength, its beauty, and everything it represents. And mostly, we like to think we are. Yet, when we look honestly at our lives, we feel the tension: our devotion flickers and fades, our consistency wavers, our promises crack under pressure, sometimes we run hot, and sometimes we run cold.
The miracle of the gospel is that faithfulness has never begun with us — and it does not depend on us now either. I often think about growing in faith and, “growing up,” and I worry that Yahweh will leave me alone to figure it all out—but He doesn’t and He never will. We are children of God, not adults of God, and that makes me very happy.
YHWH has always been the covenant-making and covenant-keeping God. He is the Father who pursues wandering children, the Husband who calls back His unfaithful bride, the Shepherd who refuses to abandon even one lost sheep. He plants His people beside streams of living water, nourishing them with His living Spirit, filling us with His Word, until we bear fruit we could never produce on our own.
Psalm 1 describes the faithful person as a deeply rooted tree:
He is like a tree planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
— Psalm 1:3
But Scripture shows us that this, “faithful believer,” is not faithful by his own strength. The fruit of the believer is not self-made; the fruit is Spirit-made.
Israel tried to keep covenant with Yahweh—an endless number of times, and they’ve failed. And David failed. And Moses failed. And I’ve failed. And you’ve failed, and the list of “fails” is really long. So yes, even the remnant has stumbled, but Yahweh has us on a tether, and He always pulls us back into step with Him. Our mistakes are used for His glory and our good.
God has never abandoned His promise, not once, and He never will.
In Jeremiah He promised something greater:
I will make with them an everlasting covenant
I will not turn away from doing good to them
I will put My fear within their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
— Jeremiah 32:40
This is the sure hope of the believer:
God Himself will keep us faithful, because Yahushua has already fulfilled faithfulness on our behalf.
Jesus' Final Entry Into Jerusalem
Jean-Léon Gérôme | c. 1897
Yahushua: The Faithful Son Who Kept the Covenant for Us
Israel loves to claim they are the true son of Yahweh, but their failure was only a foreshadowing of the true Son, and everything He would do, perfectly.
He kept the Torah.
He delighted in the Father’s will.
He obeyed to the point of death.
He bore our unfaithfulness in His own body.
He fulfilled both sides of The Covenant — the Yahweh-side and the human-side — so that covenant blessing could flow to us without measure in great abundance.
This is why Ezekiel’s prophecy becomes our inheritance:
I will give you a new heart…
And I will put My Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in My statutes.
— Ezekiel 36:26–27
The Spirit within us is not just the “Holy Spirit,” He is the Helper: the Spirit of Faithfulness.
He keeps us steady.
He restores us when we drift.
He makes us true.
He grows fruit in us that we could never grow on our own.
Faithfulness is not an achievement — it is a miracle. It’s proof that Yahweh is working in our life, an act of grace and mercy given to us to reveal the glory of YHWH, and proof that Yahushua ha’Mashiach is real and True.
Everything God asks from us, Yahushua supplies to us.
Jesus' Final Entry Into Jerusalem
Jean-Léon Gérôme | c. 1897
God’s Faithfulness Is Our Security
If salvation depended on our faithfulness, we would be without any hope at all. So praise YHWH that our salvation depends on His faithfulness alone—and that changes everything.
YHWH says:
I will rejoice in doing them good…
I will plant them in this land in faithfulness,
with all My heart and all My soul.
— Jeremiah 32:41
His heart.
His soul.
His Covenant.
His Spirit.
His Son.
His strength
All working in us to “present [us] blameless before the presence of His Glory with great joy!” —Jude 24
On our own, we turn away. But He turns toward; we break promises. He keeps all of them; we falter. He finishes. In the end, our faithfulness flows from one thing alone: God refuses to stop being faithful to His people.
The peace of YHWH be with you…
Jesus' Final Entry Into Jerusalem
Jean-Léon Gérôme | c. 1897
And Here We Find Grace…
GRACE perfectly encapsulates the transition from striving, to resting, in God's presence—which is at the heart of the message. Grace is the unmerited favor of God, and it's through His grace that we are able to move from struggle to peace. I invite you to pause and reflect on God's presence, how you can connect to God’s grace in a meaningful way.
Our GRACE Method™ is meant to encourage you so you can experience YHWH, Immanuel, and the Holy Spirit, in a deeper way, on a regular basis, through thought provoking Bible Study, Prayer, education, and Worship.
GRACE Method Reflection
Ground Yourself in Scripture
Read:
Psalm 1
Hosea 2:13–20
Jeremiah 32:38–41
Ezekiel 36:26–27
Hebrews 3:1–6
What do these passages reveal about His faithfulness versus ours?
Reflect on the Context
Israel’s unfaithfulness, mirrors our own at times. Their weakness reveals our need for Yahushua.
Where have you felt the limits of your own strength?
What weakness revealed your need for Yahushua ha’Mashiach?
How does this shape your testimony?
Apply to Your Life
Faithfulness is evidence of the Holy Spirit, not human resolve.
What area of your life needs the Spirit of Faithfulness to steady you?
What changes has Yahushua made in you, previously, that help you see He is faithful to aid you now?
Commune With YHWH
Abba, You are faithful when I am faithless. Plant me by Your streams of living water. Keep me by Your Spirit and fill me with Your Spirit of knowledge and faith. You are faithful to do in me; make me faithful through Yahushua’s unconditional, unending, perfect covenant love. In Yahushua’s Mighty Name, Amen + Amen!
Exalt YHWH
Praise YHWH, for He alone is the God who keeps every promise, holds every child, and finishes every good work, in Yahushua ha’Mashiach’s Mighty Name! Amen + Amen!!
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