![]() If our house or our possessions become idols to us, we drink of them and not of God. Our peace, safety, health, and possessions may become idols to us, and God is faithful to take these things away so that we may drink of Him as the fountain of living waters. We need to realize that in allowing us to have troubles, God is faithful in His purpose to turn us from idols and bring us back to Himself. ![]() ![]() When some Christians experience such things, they may question God's faithfulness and ask why He did not prevent hardships from happening to them. But instead we might have had many troubles and might have lost our security, our health, or our possessions. When we believed in the Lord Jesus, we might have expected to have peace and blessing. Does this mean that God was not faithful to Paul? No, it means that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding. He even had to escape from Damascus by being lowered down the wall in a basket. For example, as soon as he began to preach Christ, he began to suffer persecution. He was called, commissioned, burdened, and sent by God, but wherever he went he had troubles. My point is that God's faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding.Ĭonsider the sufferings of the apostle Paul. I would not deny the fact that God is faithful in caring for our welfare. However, in 1 Corinthians 1:9 Paul says, "God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." God is faithful in this matter, but He may not be faithful to provide you a large house or a well-paying job. When some say that God is faithful, they mean that He is faithful to take care of their material needs. When you sing this hymn, how do you understand the word faithfulness? If you understand God's faithfulness in a natural way, you may think that He is faithful primarily in the matter of material provisions or physical blessings. Lamentations 3:23b says, "Great is Your faithfulness." The chorus of a well-known hymn on God's faithfulness (Hymns, #19) says, "'Great is Thy faithfulness!' 'Great is Thy faithfulness!' / Morning by morning new mercies I see / All I have needed Thy hand has provided-/ 'Great is Thy faithfulness,' Lord, unto me!" We may understand what the Bible says and what this hymn says about God's faithfulness either in a natural way or in a spiritual way. Although we are unfaithful, God is faithful.
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