Your counsels of old

O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. – Isaiah 25v1

What are the marks of someone we can really depend on?

There are a lot of things we could list. We depend on someone who is always there. We depend on someone who has proven themselves. We depend on someone who won't let us down.

That being the case why is it that we have such a track record of trusting the wrong people? I am not talking here about those rare friends we find, but just people in general. We look for advice and counsel to all kinds of books and philosophies of the world. We pick up every new fad that comes along. And, time after time, we get let down and wait for the next new thing comes along.

We don't have to do that. It seems like eventually we would realise that there is One that we can depend on totally. There is One who counsels from all eternity have been faithful and true.

In the midst of wickedness and despair and confusion there is counsel that we can trust. God's counsels from all eternity have always been faithful and true. He has proven Himself over and over and over again. He has never given bad advice. If we look back we discover that His counsel has always been right.

Because of that we know that we can trust Him to face whatever comes our way today.

Exalt Him. Praise Him. He has done wonderful things. He is always, always faithful and true.