Devotions this week based on Come Home Week 3 – TRUST (WATCH HERE)
Isaiah 11:5 — “Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.”
When Isaiah describes the coming Messiah, he doesn’t begin with what Jesus will do, but with who He is. Righteousness and faithfulness are not accessories He occasionally puts on. They are woven into His very nature. Like a belt that holds everything together, God’s faithfulness secures every promise He has ever made.
Faithfulness is not something Jesus performs when conditions are right. It is who He is. Scripture is clear: “God is not human, that he should lie… Does he speak and then not act?” (Numbers 23:19). And because Jesus Christ is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8), His trustworthiness does not fade with time, circumstances, or human failure.
Christmas itself is the ultimate proof of God’s faithfulness.
Centuries before the manger, God promised a Savior. He promised Abraham that through his offspring all nations would be blessed (Genesis 12:3). He promised David a King whose throne would endure forever (2 Samuel 7:16). He promised through Isaiah that a virgin would conceive (Isaiah 7:14), that a child would be born who would rule with justice and righteousness (Isaiah 9:6–7), and that a shoot would come from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1). When Jesus was laid in a feeding trough in Bethlehem, those ancient promises were not forgotten, rather, they were fulfilled.
God also promised where the Messiah would be born (Micah 5:2), how He would suffer (Isaiah 53), and that death would not hold Him (Psalm 16:10). From the manger to the cross, and from the empty tomb to eternity, God kept His word with stunning precision. Christmas reminds us that God may take His time, but He never misses His moment.
This matters deeply for us today.
We often struggle to trust God not because He has failed, but because waiting feels like silence. We confuse delay with absence. Yet the same God who fulfilled His promises in Christ is still faithful now. The sash of faithfulness has not loosened.
So what promises of God can we trust today?
We can trust His promise of forgiveness: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us” (1 John 1:9).
We can trust His promise of presence: “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20).
We can trust His promise of provision: “My God will meet all your needs” (Philippians 4:19).
We can trust His promise of peace: “Do not be anxious… and the peace of God will guard your hearts” (Philippians 4:6–7).
We can trust His promise of completion: “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion” (Philippians 1:6).
Faith grows not by pretending life is stable, but by remembering God is. When circumstances shift and emotions falter, God’s faithfulness remains constant. Trust deepens when we anchor our hearts not in what we feel, but in the faithfulness of God, who has proven faithful again and again, across centuries, and personally in our own lives.
Christmas invites us to look back and say, God kept His promise. Faith invites us to look forward and say, He will do it again. Trust his promises!
Reflection: What promise of God do you need to cling to again today? How has God shown His faithfulness in your life before?
Prayer: Faithful God, you never fail and never change. Help me remember your past faithfulness when my present feels uncertain. Strengthen my trust in your promises today. Amen.