Light of God's Faithfulness

Living in Light of God's Faithfulness 

Every gardner, farmer and any person with a green thumb knows that in order to kill the weeds, you must kill the root. You can cut and chop and pluck all you want, but if you don't get to the root, then the weed will return. Every plant depends and survives on a strong root system. I think about this analogy when I am reminded about the faithfulness of God .

"If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself."

For a Christian our root system begins with faith. What we believe concerning God is the foundation for how we live our Christian lives. It guides the decisions we make and the convictions we establish. Our faith affects every area of our life. Yet if your like me then you might find yourself often doubting God and wanting to wander or stray from what we know the Bible says. Why is it so easy to doubt and question how God works in our lives? It is because our root system is weak and ultimately we are faithless beings whose emotions and mindsets are fickle from day to day. Its not that we don't have faith, its just that we are placing our faith in someone or something other than God, who deserves our full attention. We get upset with a flat tire because we doubt God's sovereignty. We question why bad things happen to us by forgetting how much He loves us personally. We complain about what we have or don't have because we do not believe God can meet every need. And so our wavering hearts prove the faithlessness of our nature. 

Thankfully God is not like us. His nature and His attributes do not allow Him to waver or question or fail. No, instead, as the Scripture tells us, God cannot deny Himself. He must remain faithful because it is part of who He is. Imagine if God was not faithful, then His promises would become void and we would live from day to day not knowing how God may behave. Will He be merciful or forgiving or loving or long suffering? Will he decide to change His plans to redeem us and instead destroy us all in Hell? Will He abandon us by not providing our needs and recall all His angels back to His realm, leaving us to fend for ourselves and give us wholly over to the control of Satan? God will not take such rash actions because His faithfulness prohibits it. 

Even more encouraging is the fact that when our faith lacks and we do deny Him, yet even then, He remains faithful. Regardless of how much we sin and rebel against God or regardless of how far we fall from His will, God remains faithful. In spite of our continual failures and besetting sins, He remains faithful. Contrary to the depraved nature of our hearts as we choose wickedness and unrighteousness repeatedly, even still God remains faithful. God who loved you so immensely that He sacrificed His only Son to pay for the penalty of your sins, will not forsake you or forget you. He will finish the work He has started and claim what He has invested. God provides for us the same everyday because He is faithful. God loves us and forgives us the same everyday because He is faithful. Therefore in this proper view of God's faithfulness towards us, can we find strength for the root cause of our condition. Build you faithfulness upon the foundation of God's faithfulness and let it spur you forward in your Christian growth and walk with God. Allow this truth to permeate your mind and you will become faithful, with solid roots that can bear those spiritual fruits pleasing to a faithful God.

I want to encourage others with what God is teaching me every day.