God Is Faithful

The Bible tells us that God is faithful. In 2 Timothy 2:13 we are told in regards to God:

If we are faithless, he remains faithful.

There are times in my life when God feels far away. It is during these times that I find it difficult to pray or spend time in His Word. I don’t feel like doing that. It feels like hard work to do those overtly spiritual things. I would rather be spending time on the computer, working, or talking with a friend.

I know for a fact that most, if not all, Christians go through times like that. Especially if, like me, they’ve never had to endure persecution or extreme hostility because of their faith.

I have been reminded recently of that passage in 2 Timothy and the fact that God is always faithful, even when my faith is at its weakest. If you are a believer then your redemption is in the past and you cannot change that. Go back to that first paragraph and if you did not notice before count how many times I used the word “feel” or implied feelings in those few sentences.

God has established you. Your redemption has been accomplished in the past and God is always faithful even when you have little faith. Even if it seems like God is far away, you know that He is near. Even if it feel as though you have no faith, it may be as small as a mustard seed, but there is faith from God.

We hear a lot in Christian circles about not depending upon our feelings. Perhaps we hear it a little too much and we start to swing the other way and make the point that feelings are a part of being a Christian. This is true and it is a good reminder. However, there is a reason why we are so often reminded not to trust our feelings, and this is simply because they indeed cannot be trusted. Our feelings sway with the our bodies. Our feelings change with our circumstances.

The opposite is true with God. God does have feelings, at least in His own anthropomorphic language. We are made in God’s image and feelings are a part of that. The difference is that God’s feelings do not change as the day (or centuries) wear on. More importantly, His promises do no change. Your faith, small though it may be, is set upon the finished work on the cross of Christ, the finished work that was accomplished in time over 2,000 years ago and in reality before the foundation of the earth.

Nothing in regards to your righteousness before God depends upon how you feel at this moment or at any time during this week or, for that matter, your entire life. If you have trusted in Christ’s finished work on the cross and you know you have no righteousness in yourself, trust in that now, even if you don’t feel like it.

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