Loyalty

“Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;
    those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.”

Psalm 12:1

It seems as if the character trait of loyalty has suffered a decline in modern times.

It just doesn’t seem to be in vogue much anymore.

The loyalty once enjoyed by employers and employees has suffered.

All around we see those who have broken trust with others and if something better or more satisfying comes along, whether on the job, in our marriages or scores of other relationships we are eager to part ways with those we had previously committed too. Reading today’s verse however indicates that, in fact, the absence of loyalty is not a modern problem but has been around as long as people have inhabited the earth.  

Loyalty ought to be well represented in the Kingdom of God.

 We are not to remain loyal in a simplistic, robotic sort of way but neither do we break relationships just because we don’t feel like it is too our advantage anymore.

Loyalty tests our allegiance.

Loyalty will often require you to stand with the minority.

But loyalty to the Kingdom of God can also put you in some very good company.

No one’s allegiance was tested quite like Jesus’ was -

Remember the wilderness temptation?

And one need only look to Calvary to know how alone Jesus was and yet remained loyal to the work the Father had called Him too.

Loyalty for a believer is ultimately loyalty to God and His appointed and anointed leaders.

Sure, it will be tested.

When most everyone else runs away (as they did with Jesus),

 where will your loyalties be?