Faithful- Strict or thorough in the performance of duty; true to one’s word, promises, vows, etc…; steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant, reliable, trusted or believed.
God has been putting this subject on my heart for the past couple of days, and it’s a question that we really need to ask ourselves. Are we giving back to God what He gives us, do we show Him the same allegiance that He shows us, do we trust Him like He trusts us, do we love him like He loves us, would you sacrifice for Him like He sacrificed for us? Or do we only show those qualities when we are feeling good about ourselves, or when our situations are favorable? There is no doubt that God is faithful to us:
Deuteronomy 7:9 (KJV)
“Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”
And we know according to Numbers 23:19 that God cannot lie to us concerning anything. What about us, are we really that faithful or is it something that we just say because it’s been programmed in our minds that it’s a good thing to say. Where’s your proof? How about when you get an instruction from God that takes you way out of your realm of comprehension and thought process, will you be faithful to obey, or miss out on what God has for you as a result of your disobedience.
Noah was so faithful that he built an ark that took him over 100 years to build, with no sign of rain in sight. Moses was so faithful that he approached Pharaoh and commanded him to let Gods people go. David was so faithful that he faced a giant with a slingshot and five smooth stones, Mary was so faithful that she believed Gods word that she was going to conceive a child even though she was a virgin, and Abraham was so faithful that he was going to sacrifice is firstborn and only son at the time, just on God’s word. You are so faithful that________? (You fill in the blank)
I remember when I was in college in New York, and I was at church service one night. I had two bills in my pocket, a $50 dollar bill and a $5 dollar bill. This was all the money I had for an entire week, which in New York amounts to about a couple of dollars. When it was time to give offering, it’s not hard to imagine which bill I was going to put in the bucket. At a moment’s notice God spoke and said sow the $50 dollar bill into the offering. At first I was hesitant, my flesh was not agreeing at all, but at Gods will I obeyed. I put the $50 bill in the offering and I was very cheerful about it. I knew the law of sowing and reaping and I knew that God would not forsake me and have me hungry in the Big Apple.
The next day I woke up and God said look in your closet, and He said look up. On the shelf there were books that I had forgotten about from my previous courses. He said go and sell the books, that day I sold all the books and received three times as much as I had put in the offering bucket the night before.
Now I know it’s not a lot of money but at that time it came in handy, buts it’s not about the amount. When you carry out an instruction from God, the result that happens in the natural realm is just a by-product of what has taken place in the spiritual realm. At that moment of obedience you just moved into a higher spiritual level in God.
God is saying… My people it’s time to have your faithfulness in me move across the earth like never before. A time is coming that will test each and every one of you; don’t waver, don’t faint, just trust.
I pray that this has been a blessing on your life.
Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
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