FIND US FAITHFUL (7 OF 7)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Corinthians 16
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Series: In God We Trust
Tim Badal
1 Corinthians 15-16
We’re coming to the end of our series, ‘‘In God We Trust.’’ In this series, we’ve been looking at how faithful God is and how we can rely on Him, not only regarding our eternal life, but also with our everyday lives-all of who we are. We can trust Him with all we have because He has promised to care for us and give us all we need. As we’ve examined God’s faithfulness over the past few weeks, a Scripture keeps coming to my mind. In Luke 18, Jesus told the story of the persistent widow who was concerned about a legal matter. We’re not told what her problem was, but she was seeking assistance from a judge. She never stopped petitioning him until he finally took her side in this matter. Jesus used this story to illustrate what He wanted His followers to imitate. Just as the Father is faithful, so we are called to be faithful in the sense of dogged persistence. When the going gets tough, faithful people get going. They don’t quit. They don’t cower in fear. They stand resolute, doing all they can, until God has sided with them. Then in Luke 18:8, Jesus says, ‘‘Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faithfulness on earth?’’ When Jesus returns to earth, will He find you and me to be faithful? We’ve spoken about His faithfulness, but now we need to turn the page to ask, ‘‘How faithful are we in return? Are we trustworthy in following His plan and accomplishing what He has called us to do?’’ Faithfulness isn’t a common word these days. We’ll be voting soon and we’ve been promised a lot of things by our politicians. But if you’ve been around a while, you know that for whatever reason, a lot of these promises are never kept. They may have been disingenuous-or it may not be their fault-but often politicians struggle to be faithful to the promises they made on the campaign trail. Nevertheless, we still value faithfulness. When someone has worked in a particular job for many ye ...
Series: In God We Trust
Tim Badal
1 Corinthians 15-16
We’re coming to the end of our series, ‘‘In God We Trust.’’ In this series, we’ve been looking at how faithful God is and how we can rely on Him, not only regarding our eternal life, but also with our everyday lives-all of who we are. We can trust Him with all we have because He has promised to care for us and give us all we need. As we’ve examined God’s faithfulness over the past few weeks, a Scripture keeps coming to my mind. In Luke 18, Jesus told the story of the persistent widow who was concerned about a legal matter. We’re not told what her problem was, but she was seeking assistance from a judge. She never stopped petitioning him until he finally took her side in this matter. Jesus used this story to illustrate what He wanted His followers to imitate. Just as the Father is faithful, so we are called to be faithful in the sense of dogged persistence. When the going gets tough, faithful people get going. They don’t quit. They don’t cower in fear. They stand resolute, doing all they can, until God has sided with them. Then in Luke 18:8, Jesus says, ‘‘Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faithfulness on earth?’’ When Jesus returns to earth, will He find you and me to be faithful? We’ve spoken about His faithfulness, but now we need to turn the page to ask, ‘‘How faithful are we in return? Are we trustworthy in following His plan and accomplishing what He has called us to do?’’ Faithfulness isn’t a common word these days. We’ll be voting soon and we’ve been promised a lot of things by our politicians. But if you’ve been around a while, you know that for whatever reason, a lot of these promises are never kept. They may have been disingenuous-or it may not be their fault-but often politicians struggle to be faithful to the promises they made on the campaign trail. Nevertheless, we still value faithfulness. When someone has worked in a particular job for many ye ...
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