The Enduring Faithfulness of God

The Father’s faithfulness is rooted in His steadfast love for His children. The word faithfulness has three syllables. Faith-ful-ness. If you were to remove any of these syllables, you'd still end up with some words, but none more powerful than when they're knitted together. Faithfulness is more meaningful than faithful, and faithful is more meaningful than faith. ~ You see, a person can possess faith and not use it, but they cannot be faithful without the use of faith.

Faithful is not the quantity of faith but the expression of faith. Faithful" describes the attribute, while "faithfulness" refers to the state or quality of possessing that attribute. In other words, God is not faithful just because He chooses to be faithful. God is faithful because His very nature encapsulates faithfulness. This same kind of faithfulness is made available to us through the Spirit.