Prayer – And may we be completely faithful to You, oh LORD our God. May we always obey Your decrees and commands, just as we choose to do today. As paraphrased from 1 Kings 8:61 NLT.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 NLT
Meditate.
Faithfulness.
God had
promised to walk by Moses and show him His goodness. As He had said, He showed
Moses his glorious presence.
Then the LORD came down in a cloud
and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh. The LORD
passed in front of Moses, calling out, "Yahweh! The LORD! The God of
compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity,
rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the
parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected—even
children in the third and fourth generations." Exodus 34:5-7 NLT
God
is faithful to keep His promises—and He expects those who love and follow Him
to do the same. Faithfulness is reliability, stability, truthfulness, and
certainty. As the Hebrew people got near to the time for them to cross into the
Promised Land, Moses explained once again to them about God’s faithfulness and
love.
Understand, therefore, that the
LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for
a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him
and obey his commands. Deuteronomy
7:9 NLT
We
can count on God. Can He count on us? We all have decisions to make.
When
Solomon dedicated the Temple he had built for the Lord God, he prayed that the
people would be faithful to God.
Model of the Temple in Jerusalem
Israel
And may you be completely faithful
to the LORD our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you
are doing today. 1
Kings 8:61 NLT
May
that be our prayer today, too. Complete faithfulness to the Lord is attainable
as we submit ourselves to the Lord—seeking to know Him more fully, just as
Moses did. That submission is by choice. Choose your action of faithful
submission today.
Verse
of Salvation ~ 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 5:23-24 NLT
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