*God is faithful*
God is Faithful; there are countless verses
that speak of his faithfulness in The Bible! It is amazing to know that God
will never fail us He is completely trustworthy, and supremely Faithful! I
rejoice in the truth that no matter how horrible I feel, how much of a mess I have
gotten myself into, or how unholy I am God looks at me in Love and he will
never leave me!! There is so much joy and encouragement in knowing; that when
God says he will do something we can count on him to do it!! The Bible speaks
countless times on Gods faithfulness and that can let us know clearly that
faithfulness is an important topic to him! He can be counted on, his words are
true, he has never gone back on a promise he has made, and he will never let us
go!!!
* Psalms 100:5 “For the Lord is good and his love endures
forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations”
*Isaiah 25:1 “Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and
praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago”
*Deuteronomy 31:6 b “He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
*2 Timothy 2:13 “If we are faithless, he remains faithful,
for he cannot disown himself”
*Lamentations 3:21-23 “The steadfast love of the Lord never
ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is
your faithfulness.”
*Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we
profess, for he who promised is faithful”
*Revelation 22:6 a “The angel said to me, “These words are
trustworthy and true.”
*God wants us to develop faithfulness*
Faithful, is not just something that God is
it is, but it is something he wants for us to be! Faithfulness is a character
quality that God wants us to build up in ourselves to transform our hearts to
become more like him!
*He also speaks about the
rewards of Faithfulness in the Bible*
Parable of the talents (bags of gold):
Matthew 25:14-30
“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
When we are trustworthy and
faithful stewards of what God has given us it shows him he can trust us with
more and so he blesses and entrusts us with more! If you are a Faithful servant
of God, a trustworthy friend, a hard worker at your job; it shows God that you
care about the blessing he has given you! Your faithfulness in managing what
you have already been given shows him that you are someone he can depend on to
manage the blessings he will give you in the future in a faithful way that
bears fruit! God promises us in the Bible
promises that when you prove to be a faithful steward of the things God has
blessed you with he will bless you with more! What an encouragement to us to
grow in faithfulness; when we prove faithful with the things he blesses us with
he entrusted us with more to manage! That could mean more opportunities to
serve God, more friendships, more financial blessing. God can bless you in any way
he wills, and when you are faithful with what he has already given you it shows
him you are a faithful steward who can be entrusted with more!
God is faithful and will never let us down let’s think about some ways
we can live out faithfulness in our daily lives! Being a good friend, keeping
confidential things confidential, not gossiping, being loyal and true in
romantic relationships, being someone that people can depend on. Be the kind of
person that, if you say you are going to do something you do it! Honor God and
the people he has blessed you with in your life by being someone they can count
on, someone they trust; a person they would describe as faithful!!
I
hope you will be encouraged to take up this challenge to build up your
faithfulness muscles! I am going to commit to work on being faithful in being
on time! Timely-ness has always been an area I have struggled with. Time
management is something I know I need to improve in to be person of faithfulness!
I want to show God, my friends, and my family that they are valuable to me and
that their time is valuable to me by being more timely!
Admitting
that there is something that needs to be worked on can be tough but it is also
a really freeing experience! When you open up an area of your heart to God;
bringing to him something that you need help with, he can and he will help you!! 1 Thessalonians 5:24“The one who calls you is
faithful, and he will do it.” God will take that piece of your heart and help
you grow and be made new and that is really exciting!!
What is
an area of your life that you can think of that might need a little tweak; so
you can grow yourself in faithfulness?
Prove
faithful in showing up when we say we will, being there at the time we say we
will, keeping promises that we make, keeping our commitments, doing our best in
the work place, putting our all into whatever we are doing volunteering, doing
homework, being good friends, working out, taking care of our belongings, being
good stewards of our finances, giving it our all in practice or the development
of a talent God has blessed us with! Do whatever you do as unto the Lord our
God and be faithful stewards of all he has graciously given us!! Let us commit
today to follow the example of Christ in faithfulness in all we do!!!
Thank you for reading! Tune in tomorrow for the last post of this series!! I hope you enjoy your day and feel free to check out my beauty blog http://brookehoffmanbeauty.blogspot.com/!!!
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