01.10.08

Faithfulness

The Apostle Paul wrote, in (1 Cor. 4:2), “Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.” 

How wrong we are if we think that those who are greatly used of God have been confident in their own ability.  We are mistaken if we imagine they responded eagerly and gladly to the call of God on their lives.  Moses certainly did not, nor did Jeremiah, nor did Peter, nor did Paul.

As a matter of fact, Paul was overwhelmed with a sense of utter amazement, for he wrote, ^“To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,”  (Eph. 3:8)

He could never get over the sense of utter amazement that he was the man that God picked up, and that God used.  One of the glories of grace is the way “God takes the nobodies, and turns them into the somebodies,” said the Scottish preacher, George B. Duncan.

He uses people who seem to have nothing, and they make a contribution to the total impact of the Gospel.  Why is that? How is that accomplished?  It is because, through the power of the Holy Spirit, they have become faithful to Christ and to His work.

One of the lessons that I am learning is that some of the most promising personalities in the life of the church are often the greatest disappointment.  Yet, again and again, a little nobody you scarcely notice, to whom you hardly gave a thought, gradually emerges as a person God is using.  Why?  It is because he is faithful to Christ and what he has been called to do.

Do you remember what Christ said about faithfulness?  Jesus said to His loyal servant, “'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things.  Enter into the joy of your lord.”  (Matthew 25:21)

Today, let us renew our commitment to faithfulness, faithfulness to God, to His people, to His Church, and to His work around the world.

Have a blessed day,

Pastor David