Fruitful Living –Faithfulness. We are benefactors of God’s faithfulness. I’m sure each of you can look back over your life, and think about the many times that God has demonstrated His faithfulness to you. There are probably too many incidents to count! The greatest act of the faithfulness of God was on the cross when a sinless lamb became the sacrifice for the sins of the entire world. What a faithful God! He is completely dependable, unwavering, committed, reliable, steadfast and loyal. What He promises He does deliver! The promise way back in Genesis 3:15 (when God spoke about the seed of a woman bringing deliverance to His people), was faithfully fulfilled in birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. What I have noticed more than anything while studying Fruitful Living is that for each fruit to operate in my life, a starting point is to actively respond to that attribute of God. I can mirror His faithfulness to me, by remaining faithful to Him. (It works with all the other fruit too!) When we determine to emulate Christ and be faithful, there are three things that are important.
We must:
Stay true to God, stay close, and give Him your full attention and all of your heart
Stay true to others, be a true friend, be reliable, steadfast, and constant.
Stay true to yourself, be authentic, the real deal, totally sincere.
If we want to be called faithful at the end of our life, we must run the race, and finish the course. There may even be some fighting along the way. We do fight the good fight of faith! We recognize that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but are mighty through God and can even pull down strongholds. Most importantly we can outlast the devil! We win, he loses! We are more than conquerors. God will always be faithful!
My God has been faithful to me, His goodness and mercies I’ve seen
When hearing well done, your race has been won,
I’ll know I’ve been faithful
His Word has proved faithful,
He has been so faithful to me
I encourage you to mirror God’s faithfulness!
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