December 18, 2009
We know that all things work together for good to those who love God . . . —Romans 8:28
It is only a faithful (connected) person who truly believes that God sovereignly controls his circumstances. We take our circumstances for granted, saying God is in control, but not really believing it. We act as if the things that happen were completely controlled by people. To be faithful in every circumstance means that we have only one loyalty, or object of our faith— the Lord Jesus Christ. God may cause our circumstances to suddenly fall apart, which may bring the realization of our unfaithfulness to Him for not recognizing that He had ordained the situation. We never saw what He was trying to accomplish, and that exact event will never be repeated in our life. This is where the test of our faithfulness comes. If we will just learn to worship God even during the difficult circumstances, He will change them for the better very quickly if He so chooses.
It may be that none of us can worship God during the difficult circumstances UNLESS we are connected to Him. Perhaps this is an indicator or our connectedness; our joy and courage even in the most difficult of circumstances….jdv
And when we are “connected” to Him we understand this in a supernatural way because the Spirit of the living God is communicating with the Holy Spirit that lives inside of us. jdv
Being faithful to Jesus Christ is the most difficult thing we try to do today. We will be faithful to our work, to serving others, or to anything else; just don’t ask us to be faithful to Jesus Christ.
However, the Spirit of the living God can provide the strength, courage and joy necessary to be faitful to Jesus when we are connected to Him and can receive these attributes. Connected we can receive these attributes, unconnected, and we are left to our own strength which never works. JDV
Galations 2:20
20I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Many Christians become very impatient when we talk about faithfulness to Jesus. Our Lord is dethroned more deliberately by Christian workers than by the world. We treat God as if He were a machine designed only to bless us, and we think of Jesus as just another one of the workers.
The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us. God calls us to His service and places tremendous responsibilities on us. He expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part. God wants to use us as He used His own Son.
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