Faithful
There are many synonymous of this the word faithful. I was thinking of dependable, steady, resolute, trustworthy, consistent, unwavering, sure, confident, straight & devoted to name a few. When I think of faithful, there are people in my past that come to mind. My grandmother (Mammie) was a faithful follower of the Lord. She had a ton of influence in my life. She had a Bible that was falling apart, but her life wasn’t. She trusted the Lord. She was a strong example of what it meant to follow the Lord faithfully. Over the years, I’ve had a lot of people who I’ve noticed who followed the Lord faithfully. Some people I’ve watched from a distance and others I’ve seen behind the scenes of their lives and how faithful they follow the Lord.
King Hezekiah was a faithful follower of the Lord. He becomes king at a young age and I think his mother was probably a strong influence on him. Check this out….
1Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 3 He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his ancestor David had done. 4 He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.
5 Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time. 6 He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses. (2 Kings 18:1-6 NLT)
Faithfulness requires great discipline.
Faithfulness requires great patience.
Faithfulness requires great trust.
Faithfulness requires resolve that is often unseen or unheard of.
Faithfulness is hard work.
Faithfulness to the Lord is a daily decision to come before Him and seek His face and know His heart. He will lead my life, if I let Him. He will speak into my heart, if I will listen. He will give me great wisdom when I ask for it. Faithfulness to the Lord isn’t always catchy, clever or even “newsworthy”. It’s a steady strength that comes from sitting at the feet of my Father to learn more of Him and from Him.
This passage from Paul has inspired me for years to keep seeking, keep searching and to be faithful in seeking the Lord.
12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3:12-14 NLT)
Pressing On!
Dwayne