Faith's Unfailing Author and Perfecter

Gen.3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, 

and clothed them.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

 my soul shall be joyful in my God; 

for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, 

he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, 

as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, 

and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Yesterday's birthday wish to Emily and a few devotions from the

book Streams in the Desert inspired today's poem,

continuing meditations on the fathomless topic of faith!

Today's devotion ministered to me very personally

as I woke feeling mobbed by dread's 'supposes'

so I fled to some scriptures of faith (so many to choose from)

 for a renewed mind🙏

The God of ages past is still the same as He was then

He ministers His perfect will and loves us all. Amen

Since Adam hid when first he did the thing that he should not

And yielded to the doubt the tempter planted in his thought

Thus, grace and mercy did begin, in spite of consequence

God clothed them in garments of skin and sin’s deliverance

The faith of Abraham, counted as righteousness, abides

The supremacy of I AM still shepherds and presides

The angel of the Lord that did bid Elijah to eat

Still bids us feast upon His Word; this is faith’s bread and meat

Our God is kind; He is still greater than the lion’s roar

The enemy behind and the mighty Red Sea before

Faith fuels hope’s ambition as we face its cunning foe

Derision and division charge but cannot overthrow

The God of ages past who Was, Is and Will Ever Be

The Genesis and Exodus of faith’s divine decree

Where, since we have been justified by faith we may have peace

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, though doom and gloom’s armies increase

If God is for us, all against us can never prevail

Let’s raise a worship chorus to the One who will not fail

And let the faith that we confess be not in word but deed

To live a life of holiness with meek and earnest heed

The anchor to which hope is fastened will not shift or sway

Because the God of ages past is still the same today

© Janet Martin

Rom.5:1-5

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,

we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 through whom we have gained access by faith

into this grace in which we now stand.

And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God.

3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings,

because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.

5 And hope does not put us to shame,

because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Heb.12:1-3

Therefore, (read Heb.11) 

since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 

let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, 

and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the authora and perfecter of our faith, 

who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, 

scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, 

so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Let Us Run

(I keep listening to this song recently

in the face of so much opposition)

O God, Our Help in Ages Past