God Wants Us To Be Faithful!

Faithful: Constant, true, loyalty

The Lord wants us to be faithful in every arena of our lives. Before we can be truly faithful to something we must first purpose it in our heart. For instance, if I say I'm going to pray each morning, then each morning I need to pray. The Lord is not concerned about how long my prayers are, He's concern about me being faithful to do what I said I would do. It’s pretty straightforward, right?

Sometimes we’re in situations where we ask the Lord for big things, but how can He trust us to be faithful and do what we say on the mountain, if we are not even faithful in the valley when the chips are seemingly down? God called us; He chose us - now He expects us to do our part and be faithful.

The Lord commends faithfulness rather than ability. We can have the ability to do great things, but if we are not faithful in doing them, then what good is it having the ability? Let's look at the example in Luke 19:12 - A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. (13) And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, occupy till I come (in other words, buy, trade, and exchange). Upon his return he called the servants he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

Verses 16-22 continues on to tell us: Then came the first, saying Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: And he saith unto him, out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Friends, we don't want to be that wicked servant, we want to be productive and faithful to do what’s expected of us.

Whatever we purpose in our heart to do - or if the Lord gives us something to do - let's be faithful to do it with a cheerful heart and obtain God's favor. 1 Corinthians 4:2 tell us, "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” Remember, God is faithful to us, so it’s the absolute least that we can do!

With all that said, let the Church say Amen... and AMEN!