The Importance of faithfulness

Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

Psalm 12:1 

In these Verses we can see David ask Lord for help because people were not being godly or faithful. Being faithful is as important today as it was then.

It is hard to find people who will be really faithful- people who will stick with you when they find out you are not perfect.The Bible says “A friend loves at all times, and is born ,as is a brother , for adversity” (Proverbs 17:17). In other words a true friend is a person who is born to stick with you in your hard not-so-nice times.I believe one of saddest thing in our society today is that we do not have this kind of loyalty and commitment. Many people miss out on so much because they are not faithful to see things through to the finish. Even sadder is that most of them will never even realise what incredible blessings they have missed.

David continues to say in the next verse of this Psalm that people were speaking worthless, untrue words with deceitful, double hearts. We need single minded men and women who can set their hearts on something and stick with it without being double-minded and speaking empty words. Double -hearted people believe one thing one day and something else the next day. One day they like you and  next day they do not. They may be for you today , but against you tomorrow.

The Bible gives us many examples of faithful people. One of them was Moses, who was faithful in all the house of God (Numbers 12:7)  That means he was faithful to do exactly the duties God gave him to do after day month after month, year after year, even when he did  not feel  like being faithful. Moses was so faithful that even when his sister and brother, Maria and Aaron , spoke against him, He loved them and remained faithful to them. He had so much faithfulness in his character that even when the people in his life did not treat him well, he remained the same way.

In Bible tells us that God remains faithful even when we are faithless( 2Timothy 2:13). That is why God wants us to be. ^{If anybody else is faithless, still we remain faithful. If you feel as though you are the only one who is being nice, the only who is apologizes or tries to do the right thing, keep on doing it. Determine  in your heart to stay loyal to God and to keep bearing the fruit of faithfulness. Amen.}

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Lord Jeus your life is our example of faithfulness. Fill our hearts with your humbleness, so that we can remain faithful and bear fruit. Amen.

Sol. Kamal

“At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice ,’Eloi Eloi lama Sabachtani’ which means ‘My God ,My God, why have you forsaken me ‘.

Mark 15:34

         In the above verse, Jesus was praying to God the Father as an ordinary human being. When He was about to be crucified, all the people stood against Him. All the miracles that Jesus performed for the glory of God the Father, were completely ignored by the Pharisees and sadducees.He was accused of evil by them. The scribes and the Pharisees who were well versed with the word of God had full control over all the activities of the temple ,were jealous of Him. They were highly reputed people but lacked the love of God in their hearts. They wanted  respect from the people around them. When Jesus revealed that He had come from God the Father and would destroy the temple made of rocks and rebuild a new temple  in just three days .This new temple would be called the house of blessings and mercy. Everyone ‘s sins would be forgiven. People would get eternal life .This was the good news that Jesus wanted to give them.

        The Pharisees and the sadducees were not liking the importance that Jesus was getting and so they started defaming Him. Isaiah 53:5 says very clearly that   ,“But He was wounded for our transgressions ,he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him;and with his stripes we are healed “.Jesus didn’t hate anyone because people had gone astray and were following the path of sin .Instead He prayed for them and forgave them.

                 Jesus didn’t oppose these people nor He ever hated them but always prayed to God the Father that His words may be fulfilled in their lives.

        After His crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead.His resurrection brought blessings in the lives of the people. Same way, we all should also take our prayers and requests  to our Heavenly Father ,that is, God the Father.

     O Abba Father, thank You that You always accept our prayers. You always change our mourning into joy.You always fulfill Your promised words in our lives. Amen.

                     Sol.khushi