Question: Why’s steadfastness so important?

Context: One of the many ways in which Christianity is unique among worldviews is in its theology of who God is and what God is like. God–over and over again in Scripture-is referenced as steadfast, unchanging, & constant. For example, in Jeremiah 10:5, the prophet writes, “Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”

And in Jeremiah 9:24, the prophet writes, “but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.”

Encouragement & Application: The steadfastness, immutability, and constancy of God are crucial to one’s life as a believer because he/she has the Rock of Ages upon which to rely. God “gives life to all things” (1 Tim 6:13) and is “the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King” (Jer10:10). When everything appears unhinged and chaotic, the biblical believer knows why: those who reject God have by definition rejected reason, logos, and order.

But the believer knows the One who is constant, steadfast, and sure.