Faithful; Life

Proverbs 3:3  "Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
   bind them around your neck,
   write them on the tablet of your heart"
The whole book of Proverbs has multiple little nuggets of wisdem or things to think about that can change your world.  Proverbs 3:3 is nothing short of one of them.  The two greatest things man can attain is love and faithfulness.  (Faith in Christ is perhaps the greatest man has for himself.)  You can't have one without the other.  Because you love someone, in turn, you will be faithful to that person.  Be it in a marriage, a relationship, or friendship, because you love the person you will be faithful.  And because you're faithful, it shows that you love them.  Christ is our perfect example for us.  He was faithful to the end while on this earth.  I'm sure He had the opportunity to leave us, after all he had the fullness of God inside of Him while still being totally human.  Christ was faithful to the point of death on the cross; not because of any sort of obligation toward us (He never has owed us anything), but rather out of His great love for us He'd rather die Himself than for us to die in our sin.  And even now, before He ascended into heaven, He promised that He would be with us to the very end of the age.  He's remained faithful in that promise toward us since the beginning.  God's been walking with man since Adam and He will continue to do so into eternity.  His promises are lasting and never once have been broken. 
        So often, we are deserted, so many times are we left on our own by other people.  No human is ever constantly with us, has every promise that a human made to you been fulfilled?  No?  There have been broken promises?  Do you want to know Someone who keeps all of His promises?  Do you need Someone who you need to be there all the time?  Can I just point you to Jesus?  Can't you see that all that I write is pointed towards Christ and not myself?  None of this matters if it's not pointed towards the One who deserves all glory and is worthy of it all.  Never has He left me, never has He forsaken me.  And can I tell you that throughout all scripture, I have never seen a moment when God was not walking with man in some fashion.  If you're looking for someone to be faithful, look nowhere else than Christ. 
        He is faithful to the point of death.
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Our understanding of life is about as great as an ant's understanding of how big Mt. Everest really is: not even close. So why would we want to rely on our finite little minds instead of the infinitely eternal mind of God?  Is it because we don't fully understand God and we more or less understand ourselves and prefer the things that we can wrap our minds around?  Perhaps.  We do prefer to know things and have control over life because we don't enjoy unexpected events to take place in our lives.  So as far as it kind of "makes sense" as to why we prefer to lean on our own understanding, it does.  God's vantage point to see what's going to happen is infinitely greater than ours.  We can see within perhaps the next thirty seconds but God is able to see into eternity.  30 seconds or eternity; which one is more appealing to us?  God won't tell us everything that will happen, but will reveal His good and perfect will to us as we walk with Him.  We need to walk by faith knowing that He's got what is best for us.  Let us follow our Good Shepherd who knows the way.  "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6