God blesses faithfulness

What is faithfulness?

• Faithfulness is a stick-to-itiveness that won’t be broken; faithfulness is the “superglue” of the heart that holds fast and won’t let go.
• Faithfulness means you follow through with your commitments regardless of what it costs.
• It’s the quality of being true, trustworthy and reliable in our dealings with others.
• It’s the characteristic of doing what we know we should even when it’s not easy.
• Faithfulness is remaining committed to doing right even when you feel like giving up.
• It’s the concept of living the truth of God’s message in our lives.
• It’s committing ourselves to Jesus Christ and then letting the reality of that faith permeate our lives on a daily basis.

Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Community Church defined faithfulness this way:

“Faithfulness means you stick to a commitment after the shine wears off… Faithfulness means you keep saying no a thousand times if you must to the temptation of cutting a corner and taking the easy way out… Faithfulness means you refuse to jump ship even when the waves of adversity are splashing over the decks of your marriage, your relationship with your children… or your relationship with others. Faithfulness means you stay true to your relationship with Jesus Christ no matter what it costs you.”

God blesses faithfulness

We never know how dramatically God may use our faithful commitment to Him. In his book, “When God Whispers Your Name”, Max Lucado tells the story of John Egglen, who had never preached a sermon in his life before the Sunday morning when it snowed and the pastor wasn’t able to make it to the church. In fact, he was the only deacon to show up.

He was not a preacher, but he was faithful and that meant on that particular Sunday morning he preached. God rewarded his faithfulness, and at the end of his hesitant sermon, one young man invited God into his heart.

No one there could appreciate the significance of what had taken place that morning. The young man who accepted Christ that snowy Sunday morning was none other than Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the man who has often been called, the “prince of preachers.”

That amazing life of faith all started on a cold Sunday morning with the faithfulness of a deacon who had never preached a sermon before that day.

Faithfulness means being committed to what God lets us have the chance to do, whether it looks like a big assignment, or a small one.

Giving the sermon to a handful of people on a Sunday morning when almost no one shows up doesn’t seem all that significant, but it demanded faithfulness and God blessed John Egglin’s faithfulness.

God wants us to honour Him by being faithful to the things we know He wants us to do and be involved with in our lives!

What is God calling you to be faithful in right now?

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