Thursday, June 18, 2009
Being Faithful
To be faithful as God has been faithful to us, proves to be much more difficult than it sounds-especially in this human flesh. Most of us are very familiar with Israel's story. God chooses them to be the people that show his power/grace/omnipotence to others. But as we all know, they fail time and time again. Other people fail us. The church, heaven forbid, sometimes fails us. But we are called to be faithful to Christ. That means showing the love of Christ when others fail you. That means being faithful to Christ, and all that it encompasses, when others fail you. As God was faithful to Israel, sometimes this means doing something you are completely uncomfortable with. This means standing up for what you know is right. This means teaching the truth in love, even if it means letting that relationship, "wander in the desert for 40 years", because you know it will do more harm than good to continue in it. May God give us wisdom and discernment as we strive to be faithful to the calling of Christ.
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Great points. I am sure thankful for the faithfulness (and grace) of God...That He can do it much better than I can but allows me to stumble until I get there...occasionally. I think most Christians are critical of the Israelites unfaithfulness in the OT, but are we any better?
ReplyDeleteGreat point Dusty. Instead of being critical, maybe we can learn some valuable lessons for the church.
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