Never

Have you ever considered how loosely we use certain words? For example, "I will never ..." I suggest none of us - by the way, that means nobody - can comprehend the full scope of "never." Noah Webster (1828) defines "never" as "not ever, not at any time, at no time in the past or the future." Yes, never is actually incomprehensible! God Almighty, however, is perfectly qualified to use and sustain "never." He says, "I will never break my covenant with you" (Judges 2:1) ... "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst." (John 6:35) ... "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." (John 10:28) ... "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). When God says "never," He says what He means and means what he says. As intentional and well-meaning as we may be, we mortal-people are feeble and fallible - God nor His Word are not! God reassures us in Matthew 24:25 that "heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away." That's an assurance and a comfort found nowhere else. Trust in and rest in The One Who rightly and perfectly uses the word ... never.