More on Faithfulness

Allthough faithfulness to the dictionary is justly representing the Original, and I feel like I fail in that comparison.
I know Your definition is the only one that matters.
Faithfulness to You is me dusting off my knees again, counting on Your mercy this morning, and boldly coming to the throne of grace again.
Faithfulness to You is not leaning on my own understanding but acknowledging You in all my ways.
Faithfulness to You is trusting You today.
Faithfulness to You is me knowing I can't make it on my own and clinging to Your grace all the more.
Faithfulness to You can be summed up in me loving You.

And oh how I love You.

Your faithfulness surrounds me.

If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself. ~II Timothy 2:13~

It always amazes me, how You can hide so much in so little. How much do we miss Father by breezing by Your words like just another no parking sign?

Thank You Father God, that You remain faithful. Thank You that You cannot change, You cannot deny Yourself like we so often manage to do. Thank You! I love You! You are Holy, Righteous and True. There is no other God, no other Rock.

For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless will remain in it; but the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. ~Proverbs 2:21,22~

Upright: Pointing upward, morally erect, honorable and honest.

Dwell: Reside

Blameless: Free of blame; or guilt. Innocent

Remain: To be a part not destroyed, taken or used up.

Wicked: Evil by nature and in practice. Severe and distressing. Highly offensive.

Cut: Sever
Off: So as to be completely removed, finished or eliminated.

Unfaithful: (Okay this was pretty significant to me, so I had to put it in yellow. :) NOT ADHERING TO PROMISES. (Whoa. Did you hear that? Or is it only significant to me?), obligations or ALLEGIANCES(<-- another whoa for me!!), disloyal. (--->another whoa!)NOT JUSTLY REPRESENTING OR REFLECTING THE ORIGINAL, inaccurate.

Uproot: To pull up, to displace, to remove or to utterly destroy.

Okay, so....is it just me that this hits like a thousand pound punch to the gut? NOT ADHERING TO PROMISES?? Ummmm...you mean like the promise that is every word breathed from God's mouth? Like when I feel alone, or let myself dwell in loneliness? Because after all, didn't He promise He would never leave me, no never? You mean that promise?
Or how about the promise of peace? Not just peace, but peace like a river. Peace that surpasses all understanding? Am I laying hold of that which He has promised me? A life of peace?
Or how about the promise of protection? Am I living in fear of what might happen to me? I mean didn't He promise that no evil would befall my family, no weapon formed against them would prosper? You mean that promise?
Or what about being close to You God? When I go about my day as if You are not there? When I think and live as if You are far away. Like why would You want to be near me, when I fail so much? After all, didn't You promise that if I drew near to You, You would draw near to me?
Soooo many things You have said. So many things promised. Do I adhere to Your word? I mean sure, I try to be honest, and try to be loving and forgiving. But what about Your other promises? Do I believe You when You say You won't leave me? Do I believe You when You say You will protect me? When my mom and my dad fail me, You will never fail me? When I don't know what to say, You will speak through me? What about that You forgive ALL my sins and heal ALL my diseases? What about a life of abundance? Do I believe that? What about that You do not speak in secret? That You are here? That You hear me, that You love me, that Your grace is sufficient for me, that Your angels guard me, that there is no fear in love, that perfect love casts out all fear? Am I afraid I'll lose You? That You'll forget about me? The very creation of Your hands? Am I afraid You will dump me off thinking I am too much work? Am I afraid You won't protect me? That maybe You do want me to die at the hands of robbers and thieves? What does Your word say?? No evil, no evil, no evil will befall my family, no weapon formed against us will prosper, Your angels will guard my life, I have the choice to choose life or death, choose life. Do I believe that You know the plans You have form me, that they are plans for good and not evil, to give me a future and a hope? Do I believe Your promise that Your word won't return to You void? That it will accomplish all that You have sent it to do? Do I believe? If I do not believe how can I adhere? How can I adhere to Your promises if I do not believe? How can I believe without seeing it first? By faith? Oh, well, how can I have faith ...oh You say that faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of God?

Wow! I had a point to make and now I think it got lost in translation. :) But maybe after seeing these definitions this verse will hit you just a little bit different as you are breezing by it next time.

One more time I will put down the definitions to unfaithful for you.
NOT ADHERING TO PROMISES, obligations or allegiances. Disloyal, NOT JUSTLY REPRESENTING OR REFLECTING THE ORIGINAL, inaccurate.

So, who do you represent? Who are you reflecting? How close is it to the Original? Are you adhering to His promises? Do you really believe Him?

Like the man asking Jesus to heal his son (matthew 17:14+) I often have to cry out "..Lord, I believe.; help my unbelief!"

Thank You Father for Your precious Son. Thank You Jesus, for Your sacrifice, Your spilled blood that covers me and grants me victory through Your promises.

Blind Bartimaeus

~And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, thou son of David have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace; but he cried the more a great deal, THOU SON OF DAVID HAVE MERCY ON ME~ (Mark 10:47,48)

This is great. A great example of faith. A man who would not be quiet and who would not give up.

When we cry out to Jesus, trouble will come, when we stand on His promises, trouble will come, busyness will come, faint heartedness will come, exhaustion may come. We may be battered on every side. People may be all around us laying small seeds of doubt, "Just be quiet. " " Are you sure that's what His word means", (two of my faves--->) "Are you sure that is God you are hearing from?", "Yeah, but look at how you live! You just cursed someone out today. You really think God's gonna help you?"

DON'T GIVE UP!!! Don't fall off course, don't stop standing on the promises, and whatever you do, don't stop crying out to the Lord!
If anything, be like Blind Bartimaeus and cry out all the louder!! Drown out the cares of this world and the voices of doubt! Stand firm having girded your waist with truth (God's word) and cry out until you see His face!
Do not- I repeat do not be moved! After all you are saved by grace, not by how "good" a christian you were today! It is not by anything we can do, or anything we can be. We are made righteous by the precious, spotless, spilled blood of the Lamb.

~And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise He calleth thee....and Jesus answered and said unto him, what wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind mansaid unto Him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. ~(Mark 10:51,52)


~For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God: not of works lest any man should boast~ (Eph. 2:8,9)

This is now

In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; that You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth, to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' They shall feed along the roads, and their pastures shall be on all desolate heights. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, neither heat nor sun shall strike them; for He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water He will guide them. I will make each of My mountains a road, and My highways shall be elevated. ...Isaiah 49:8-11

This time is now....we His people are to inherit the desolate heritages now...now we are to go forth, step out show ourselves, now. Now we are to neither hunger nor thirst. We are led by springs of living water now. NOW, NOW, NOW!!! NOW is the time!!!

What are we waiting for?? Why are people not arising and claiming the good life God has for us?? I am no different. I am one of these. Waiting, confused, not sure. Oh, how terrible those things are.
The enemy is the confuser, not God!

He has plainly stated in His words, He has forgiven all our sins, and has healed us of all our disease. (Psalm 103:2,3)

He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal EVERY disease and sickness. (Matthew 10:1)

He has said that ..those who seek the Lord lack NO GOOD THING. (Psalm 34:10)

What is the matter with us? This same power is in us. We lack no good thing!! We have the authority to drive out demons, and heal EVERY disease and sickness!!!! Why, why do we walk in lack?? Why are we so afraid to step out in faith and heal??
This is what it comes down to ultimately. Do we believe God or not? I mean in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God, right?? So, if the word is God, and the word says it then God says it. And it's not something we have take with a grain of salt, It is, IT IS...IT IS....IT IS. It just is. There isn't any casting of shadows with Him, He doesn't change, He doesn't deceive or twist or contort, He speaks plainly, DO WE BELIEVE?????????

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:17-20)

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)