Faithful God

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful.” 1 Thessalonians 5v23-24 (NLT)

The believer’s walk with the Lord is a walk of faith. We know that even with salvation we are saved by grace through faith, and that this salvation is a gift from God (Ephesians 2v8). Hebrews 11v6 (TLB) says “You can never please God without faith, without depending on Him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that He rewards those who sincerely look for Him.” And we know as well that the just shall live by His faith (Habakkuk 2v4). 1 Thessalonians 5v24 tells us that God is faithful and He will make this happen. What is this thing? It is to make us holy and preserve our whole spirit, soul and body at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Indeed, He alone is able to do this for us…. and we work with Him. Philippians 2v13 (TLB) says “For God is at work within you, helping you want to obey Him, and then helping you do what He wants.” As He is doing a work in us, we continue to yield to Him and submit to His leading. Galatians 5v25 (AMP) says “If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]” Sometimes you may feel like the worst sinner in the world, when you look at your life, or some actions and thoughts. But Romans 8v1 (AMP) says “Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.” And it is good to remain sensitive to the Spirit of God when He is pointing out that this is wrong and that needs to be changed in your life. But the amazing thing is that God gives us the power to change, and that as new creatures in Him, sin no longer has any authority over us. And so, we yield to the Lord, giving every part of us to be used as instruments of righteousness (Romans 6v13) and believe Him to fulfil His promise of keeping us blameless until the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ – hallelujah!

Prayer

From Jude 1v24-25 (NIV) I pray “To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to the only God our Savior, be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! In Jesus name, amen.