My eyes favor the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me. Psalm 101:6
Faithfulness means being a person who can be trusted in word, work and actions. We look for it in friends and colleagues. It’s a quality we admire because we live in a culture that too often affirms faithless actions. In Matthew 5:33-37 Jesus told his disciples that they should be known so well for their integrity that they should never have to take an oath.
We are faithful creatures it’s just often that we are faithful to the wrong things, sports, shopping, TV, family traditions, etc. Not that these are bad things or even bad qualities, but do we stay as faithful to God by not going a day with out prayer or reading the bible. I know it would take a lot for me to skip a practice or Heavens forbid a game but how hard is it to put off those thirty minutes of devotional and prayer a day? Do we justify our actions to make them seem NORMAL or ok?
Press on and fight the good fight.
PS: I copied the top part.
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I find myself often justifying my actions for the very things you stated. Sports, TV, Family, etc. And it is usually when I have not been in God's word/nourishment. I fount two verses helpful in thinking about this. 2 Timothy 2:13 "If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself." meaning - even when we forget about God for awhile, it is not His nature to forget us, He remains faithful.
ReplyDeleteWhat we do when we come back to Him is what matters! We know Peter denied Jesus 3 times. Jesus told Peter in Luke 22:32 "But I prayed for you, that your faith should not fail, and when you have RETURNED to Me, Strengthen your brethren." I think it is essential for prayer and bible reading to learn all we can about our God we serve.
2 Timothy 3: 1-5 says:
ReplyDeleteBut know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
There are sometimes that I am the person that people should turn away from. That's a kick in the teeth. My prayer is that I remain faithful at all times, even when I think I am doing nothing wrong.
Thanks for the post Bran, I needed it.
I second that,
ReplyDeleteI spent most of my live time falling in the proud, disobedient, slanderer, without self-control, headstrong, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God crowd. Like you said Josh KICK in the teeth. My prayer will be the same. Again thanks Bran!!!