December 18, 2012
It is only a faithful 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.
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. 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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