OUR FAITHFUL GOD

Yesterday we talked about our being faithful.  Today let’s talk about God’s faithfulness.  Wow, what a subject!  We read in God’s Word that He is faithful to us.  I know that some of you are saying that it doesn’t look like He and His Word are faithful to you sometimes.  I have had those feelings at points in my life.  But here is the bottom line.  HE IS FAITHFUL ALWAYS AND HIS WORD IS TRUE ALWAYS for anyone, regardless of who you are or how much you feel like you can’t believe or that things are not working in your life for your good.

God is still faithful when you feel like you are not able to grab hold of that faithfulness.  In times like that, grab hold of this statement and believe it is true for your life, regardless of what you are experiencing:  GOD IS FAITHFUL TO ME!  HIS WORD IS WORKING IN MY LIFE!  That is what faith is all about:  trusting God when it looks like there is no reason to trust Him.  He is not a man that He can lie.  Whatever His Word says, that is for you.  It is true for you regardless of what you may be experiencing to the contrary.  Choose to believe.  Choose to receive the truth of His Word working in your situation.  CHOOSE!

Let’s look at a few scriptures to confess and meditate on God’s faithfulness until we have faith built up in us to believe He is faithful to us. They are taken from the Amplified Bible and personalized for confession.

2 Corinthians 9:8 tells us that God is able to make all grace abound toward us so that we may always have enough, regardless of the circumstances or need.  We not only need God’s grace to get saved, we also need God’s grace to live.  His grace is His ability given to us. It’s that simple.  Why do I talk about grace here when we are focusing on God’s faithfulness?  We need His grace, His ability, to believe.

Deuteronomy 7:9

I know, recognize and understand that the Lord my God is God; He is a faithful God; He keeps His covenant with me (His promises, His Word) and He keeps His mercy (steadfast love) with me who loves Him and keeps His covenant (Word).

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, reliable, trustworthy and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended upon.  By Him I was called into companionship with His Son Jesus Christ my Lord.

God, You are faithful to Your Word and to Your loving, merciful, compassionate nature.  You can be trusted.  You are ever true to what You say.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

Lord, You are faithful; You will strengthen me and establish me and set me on a firm foundation.  You will keep me from the evil one.

Revelation 19:11 and 21:5

Lord, You are called Faithful, Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady and True.  Your Word is faithful, accurate, incorruptible, trustworthy, true and genuine.

God and His Word are forever faithful to me as His child.  I can trust Him.

FAITHFUL

A faithful man shall abound with blessings…. (Proverbs 28:20)

In Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Talents, Jesus talks about a faithful person.

In a number of scripture passages, God is spoken of as a faithful God.

What is faithful?  What does it mean?  How does God look at faithfulness?

A faithful person is one who is true to his word and follows through on what he says.  He consistently does what is right.  He can be depended upon to get the job done when he is assigned a task.  You can depend on that person when you need something accomplished.  You can walk away and know that when you come back tomorrow or whenever the deadline is, the work will be completed with excellence and without complaint.

In today’s world faithfulness is a trait that not everybody sees as important.  The thinking goes like this:  “Oh, well, if I can’t get it done, I can’t get it done.  What’s the big deal!  I have so many other things to do.  They will understand.”

Apparently God thinks it is a big deal.  In the Parable of the Talents, Jesus commended the person who did something with what he had been given.  In Proverbs we read that a faithful man shall abound (that means overflow) with blessings.  I want to be blessed so I ask God to keep me faithful every day to Him and to others.

If you have challenges in being faithful, ask the Holy Spirit to help you to become that person who can be depended upon.  He will help you.  He always helps us to do whatever we need to do.  Ask Him.  Ask for God’s grace or ability to become a faithful person.

God’s faithfulness will make you faithful.  Look at 1 Thessalonians 5:24.

Faithful is He Who is calling you to Himself and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it, fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you.

Look at that.  God is faithful to you.  You can trust Him.  He will fulfill His call on your life.  I know He will help you to be faithful.  You can depend on Him.

GOD MY FATHER

Today I have another set of scripture verses to confess over ourselves and those we love, whether they are family or friends.

Psalm 89:17,24,26,28,33,34; Isaiah 55:11

God, You are the glory of my strength and in Your favor my horn is exalted.

Your faithfulness and unfailing love (loving kindness) is with me and in Your name my horn is being exalted (Great peace and prosperity shall be conferred upon me.).

Horn:  Emblem of excessive strength and stately grace

I shall cry to You:  You are my Father.  You are my God.  You are the Rock of my salvation.

I thank You keep Your mercy and loving kindness for me forevermore and Your covenant stands fast and is faithful to me.

Thank You that Your loving kindness You do not take from me or break off from me, nor allow Your faithfulness to fail (to lie and be false to me).

Thank You that You do not  break or profane Your covenant with me, nor alter the thing that is gone out of Your lips.  Your Word is what has gone out of Your lips, Lord, and it does not return to You empty, void, meaningless, without producing any effect or bringing results in my life and the lives of those I love.

I believe I receive this scripture working in my life and the lives of those I love.  I believe.  I receive.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

MAY IT BE FILLED WITH THE LOVE OF OUR LORD’S PRESENCE!

TAKE TIME FOR HIM AT SOME POINT TODAY IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE MISTLETOE AND HOLLY AND FOOD AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

GOD BLESS YOU, FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS!