Cute name! Is this the name of my new girlfriend?
Actually it’s more like a name of God!
I hardly ever see this word constancy. Maybe you are very familiar with it? Maybe not, like me.
Here’s how I came across it.
If you have been reading my blog you know that I support small cottage businesses in Israel by getting a monthly surprise box. In one of the surprise boxes I got a copy of the Psalms, with commentary by a Rabbi. Very unusual for me–never have had anything like this before. Yet it has been a blessing.
While reading Psalm 89 I came across the word “constancy”. The Holy Spirit highlighted this word for me and it captured my attention. Here are some verses where it was used:
- You set Your constancy in the heavens. (verse 3)
- The heavens praise…Your constancy in the assembly of holy ones. (verse 6)
- Your constancy surrounds You. (verse 9)
- My constancy and favor will be with him (God speaking in verse 25)
- I will not….be false to My constancy. (God speaking in verse 34)
What do you think ‘constancy’ means?
The rabbi’s commentary noted ‘steadfastness‘ and ‘stability‘.
The Collins dictionary says it is 1) the quality of staying the same even though other things change 2) the quality of being faithful and loyal to a particular person or belief.
Merriam-Webster suggests synonyms include faithfulness, consistency, permanence and fidelity.
If you are still struggling with the word constancy, here are some more ideas: click on the arrow. God has these characteristics…
- Loyalty & Faithfulness: Fidelity, devotion, allegiance, dependability, dedication, trueness, staunchness, trustiness, true-heartedness, fealty.
- Stability & Continuity: Fixedness, permanence, uniformity, durability, endurance, invariability, sameness, changelessness,.
- Perseverance & Resolve: Steadfastness, determination, purposefulness, tenacity, doggedness, persistence, resolution, stamina. (Thesaurus.com)
- Antonyms (Opposites) God does not have these!
- Fickleness
- Irresolution
- Infidelity
- Instability
- Variability (Merriam-Webster)
So I scribbled in my Psalms book, “A characteristic of God is Constancy!”
What does that mean to you–that God has constancy?
We all have a tendency in our lives to believe that when things are difficult, when we have super tough life events to go through, that God has maybe given up on us? Did He abandon us? Is He mad at us? God doesn’t love me anymore? I have had this inclination and I know probably you have too.
If those above negative thoughts were true, then God doesn’t have constancy. Therefore those ideas are lies. The truth is the constancy of God. He is there always. He is with us always. We renounce and reject lies and declare the truth, even in trials. Our God has constancy.
Blessed is the man whom You chastise, Lord, whom You instruct with Your teaching to grant him respite in days of evil, until a pit is dug for the wicked. Indeed, the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will He forsake His portion. When I say: My foot is stumbling, Your kindness, Lord, supports me. In the midst of my many troubled thoughts, Your consolations soothe me. But the Lord is my stronghold; my God, the rock of my refuge. Psalm 94:12-14,18-19.
Think of the worst trial you have ever had to go through in your life. What does it mean to you that the constancy of God was there with you in that difficult time?
I’m thinking of when we were working with a mission up in Alaska. The mission plane went down in the ocean with the mission’s CEO, a secretary, a fellow pilot, and our business manager. They were never found nor was any trace of the airplane. These were precious people to us and we all mourned their loss and their families’ losses. In all this, the constancy of God was there. ✝︎ 💔
God’s constancy was there when our teenager had a jet ski plow into her leg at 40 miles an hour, breaking it so badly that it was only hanging by some muscles, ligaments and veins. The leg floated up to her face in the water. Sitting in the emergency room we didn’t know if our gymnast daughter’s leg could be saved. Two surgeries later they found her hip was broken too, thus another surgery. Her college plans were destroyed because of the restriction of three months without weight on that leg. We weren’t sure of what kind of disabilities she would endure in life? Gratefully she can walk and run now and is recovered. The weather does play upon the metal in her ankle, leg and hip. 🙏 ❤️ ✝︎
I’m remembering saying good-bye through tears to two grandchildren, born with unsurvivable severe disabilities. I know I will see them again in heaven yet I must watch their parents mourn, grieve and live with the pain of these sorrows. Even in this, God’s constancy keeps me from being shaken. 💔 🕊 ✝︎
What are you remembering?
Whether these trials work out well, or have sad endings, the truth of God’s constancy keeps us in His love. It is not about our liking or disliking the ending of the difficult circumstances. It is the truth that God cares and is/was alongside us. Jesus’ sacrifice gives us peace with God. He took our punishment for sin so we can experience and trust God’s constancy. We are now God’s child and He will never leave us or abandon us. He is loyal to us. He won’t change.
Oh, Lord, may I never ignore and neglect this incredible truth of Your Constancy!
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
What is the tribulation and frustration you are going through right now? How does the truth of the Constancy of God change anything for you?
Is constancy a high value in your life?
If our God has Constancy, and He says in the Bible, “Be holy, like I am holy,” then how can we have constancy, just like our God has constancy?
Let’s ask the Lord: What does constancy look like in my life in real time actions and motivations?
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