Bible Reading: Leviticus 15; Psalm 18; Proverbs 29; 2 Thessalonians 3
2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
What a wonderful thing to think of! The Lord is faithful. That can be said of the Lord only and not of any other man. God is trustworthy and he keeps his promises. Just think of the limitations of man in the area of faithfulness. When you go to the grocery store and say you will be back in an hour, you do not know for sure that you can keep that promise. Something out of your control could happen to you that could delay your return either temporarily or indefinitely.
But there is nothing that can hinder God's faithfulness. What he says will come to pass. When he promises, he will be faithful to that promise. It is because the Lord is faithful that you can have hope because:
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Think for a minute of the fact that when the apostle speaks of marriage, he is speaking of Christ and the church. Jesus Christ is the bridegroom and the church is his bride. When a bride and groom stand on their wedding day and share vows with each other they promise to faithfully love each other, "till death do them part". Even in this most sacred of all vows they are limited in their promise to each other by the fact of their mortality. However, Jesus can promise his fidelity indefinitely because he will never die! He has NEVER broken a promise.
Sometimes we make promises to the Lord. Have you ever done that? What if we break those promises?
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
We can fail Jesus, but he has never failed us! Now the Bible tells us that because the Lord is faithful, he will stablish us. This means to make you rock solid in your faith.
Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ…
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Aren't you glad the Bible does not say that we can be confident of our ability to perform the work of Christ in us? No, it says Jesus does that! He is the one who keeps us from evil. Praise the Lord! If it was up to us, we would fail but thanks be to God for his faithfulness.
In Christ,
Rody
