I never thought of the word "fidelity" in any other context than the most common one -- marriage, but I've recently seen it used to simply talk about faithfulness. We can show fidelity in our relationship with God and those around us.
In Numbers 23, we see God showing His fidelity and faithfulness to be consistent. This guy named Balak took Balaam to a place and sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams and then asked Balaam to curse Israel for him. Balaam went to inquire of the Lord and came back with an "oracle" and spoke a blessing for Israel. This frustrated Balak, so he took him to another place...and then another -- all with the same result. God would not turn around and curse a people He had blessed.
It says that God "put a message in Balaam's mouth." I wonder how that worked out. I also wonder why Balaam would agree to go with this guy to multiple places and keep trying in vain to accomplish something that seemed unlikely to happen.
It's good to know that God is always faithful.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at December 15, 2004 09:33 AM