As we wait patiently for the May flowers our students are learning about the virtue of Loyalty. Loyalty is supporting someone even when the going gets tough. We see an example of this virtue when Ruth said to Naomi.
“Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest , will I die, and there I will be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.”
Ruth 1:16-17
In the context of our human relationships there is no guarantee that loyalty is guaranteed which may be why many are hesitant to open up honestly and vulnerably with others. We tend to erect walls of protection especially if we think we cannot count on one another to be entirely loyal. If the Bible teaches us anything it is that God is loyal to His promises and to His covenant of Grace secured through the work of Jesus.
As we grow in Christlikeness each of us will be more loyal to God and loyal to others. As children see the strength of their parent’s loyalty for one another and learn that that loyalty is grounded in God’s loyalty for His people, they will be drawn to the Saviour’s side, who was loyal to the Father and the Spirit. For without the eternal relationship within the Trinity loyalty has no ultimate grounding.
