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Katapatan ng Diyos sa Bawat Panahon

Katapatan ng Diyos sa Bawat Panahon

Katapatan ng Diyos sa Bawat Panahon

Sunrise over calm sea with light clouds - God's faithfulness
“Sa kagandahang-loob ng Panginoon ay hindi tayo nalipol, sapagkat hindi nauubos ang Kanyang mga kaawaan. Ito ay bago tuwing umaga; dakila ang Iyong katapatan.”
— Lamentations 3:22–23

Panimula

Sa isang mundong mabilis magbago—ekonomiya, klima, kalusugan, at kahit ang ating damdamin—kailangan natin ng matibay na sandigan. Habang maraming bagay ang pabago-bago, may isang hindi nagbabago kailanman: ang katapatan ng Diyos.

Pagpapalalim

Ang aklat ng Panaghoy ay isinulat sa gitna ng matinding kapighatian. Ngunit sa kabila ng lahat, ipinahayag ni Jeremias ang isang dakilang katotohanan: ang awa ng Diyos ay hindi nauubos at ang Kanyang katapatan ay bago tuwing umaga. Hindi ito nakadepende sa ating katapatan, kundi sa Kanyang likas na kabutihan.

Sa pananaw ng Kasulatan, ang katapatan ng Diyos ay bunga ng Kanyang pagiging di-nagbabago (immutability). Ang Diyos ay tapat sapagkat Siya ay hindi nagbabago (Hebreo 13:8). Ang Kanyang mga pangako ay totoo, at hindi Siya nagsisinungaling ni nagkukulang sa Kanyang salita (Mga Bilang 23:19).

Sa bawat yugto ng buhay—tagumpay man o kabiguan—ang katapatan ng Diyos ang nagpapalakas sa Kanyang mga hinirang. Siya ang Diyos na gumagabay sa atin mula simula hanggang wakas, hindi dahil karapat-dapat tayo, kundi dahil pinili Niya tayong mahalin sa Kanyang walang hanggang layunin.

“The faithfulness of God is the foundation of our hope.” – Charles Spurgeon

Paglalapat

Kumusta ang puso mo ngayon? Marahil ay may iniinda kang pagod, kabiguan, o kawalang-katiyakan. Ngunit sa bawat umaga na ikaw ay gumigising, tandaan: ang katapatan ng Diyos ay laging naroon. Hindi kailanman nagkulang ang Diyos sa Kanyang bayan. Ang Kanyang biyaya ay sapat sa bawat panahon ng ating buhay.

Huwag tayong mabuhay ayon sa takbo ng mundo na puno ng duda at takot. Sa halip, tayo'y manangan sa katotohanang ang Diyos na tumawag sa atin ay tapat, at tatapusin Niya ang Kanyang nasimulan sa atin (Filipos 1:6).

Dalangin:
O Diyos na tapat, salamat po sa Iyong walang hanggang katapatan. Sa gitna ng kaguluhan at pagbabago ng mundo, Ikaw ang aming matatag na bato. Tulungan Mo po kaming magtiwala sa Iyong mga pangako, at mamuhay nang may pananampalataya sa bawat araw. Sa pangalan ni Cristo Jesus, Amen.
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