“The Lord is faithful to all his promises.” Psalm 145:13
“The Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness . . .” Exodus 34:6
The Beth Moore study introduces faithfulness as a response to God’s faithfulness. As I come to experience and understand God’s faithfulness, faith will be evidenced in my life by my faithfulness.
Sometimes, when we have trouble seeing this truth, it is good to be reminded of the hundreds of prophesies that have come to pass. Prophesies foretold long ago and fulfilled hundreds of years later. Bible Scholars tell us that there are 61 out of 61 prophesies fulfilled in the life and death of Christ alone. Scientists have tried to help us visualize what this means by illustrating that the probability of even just 8 out of 61 being fulfilled is like the State of Texas being covered several feet in silver dollars or golf balls – one being marked and the chance of finding that one.
When I am fully persuaded that God is worth believing, my faith will be based on Who He is, rather than on what He does. When I don’t understand what He does, I am reminded that His thoughts are higher than mine and beyond my understanding (Isaiah 55:8-9) but that his actions are never inconsistent with his heart.
But this is all about God’s faithfulness. In my mind, I understand faithfulness on my part as a combination of faith and action. Faithfulness is a visible character trait, so praised by our heavenly Father. In Matthew 25: 14-30 Jesus told the story of a master who gave his three servants different amounts of money to invest. When the master returned from his trip, he praised the servants who had done something with what they had been given. He praised them for their faithfulness, even in the small things, while he threw out the servant who had buried his gift. The Bible tells us that as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, we have been entrusted with a gift. The words that will bring “Well done, good and faithful servant” will not be because of great accomplishment, performance or results, but my faithfulness!
May I, with the Spirit’s help, be found faithful with what He has given me.
“The Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness . . .” Exodus 34:6
The Beth Moore study introduces faithfulness as a response to God’s faithfulness. As I come to experience and understand God’s faithfulness, faith will be evidenced in my life by my faithfulness.
Sometimes, when we have trouble seeing this truth, it is good to be reminded of the hundreds of prophesies that have come to pass. Prophesies foretold long ago and fulfilled hundreds of years later. Bible Scholars tell us that there are 61 out of 61 prophesies fulfilled in the life and death of Christ alone. Scientists have tried to help us visualize what this means by illustrating that the probability of even just 8 out of 61 being fulfilled is like the State of Texas being covered several feet in silver dollars or golf balls – one being marked and the chance of finding that one.
When I am fully persuaded that God is worth believing, my faith will be based on Who He is, rather than on what He does. When I don’t understand what He does, I am reminded that His thoughts are higher than mine and beyond my understanding (Isaiah 55:8-9) but that his actions are never inconsistent with his heart.
But this is all about God’s faithfulness. In my mind, I understand faithfulness on my part as a combination of faith and action. Faithfulness is a visible character trait, so praised by our heavenly Father. In Matthew 25: 14-30 Jesus told the story of a master who gave his three servants different amounts of money to invest. When the master returned from his trip, he praised the servants who had done something with what they had been given. He praised them for their faithfulness, even in the small things, while he threw out the servant who had buried his gift. The Bible tells us that as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, we have been entrusted with a gift. The words that will bring “Well done, good and faithful servant” will not be because of great accomplishment, performance or results, but my faithfulness!
May I, with the Spirit’s help, be found faithful with what He has given me.
