Being Faithful to God and Others: The Fruit of the Spirit Series

   “Challenges will come to you but as you trust in God they will strengthen your faith” (Neil A. Andersen).

   If one is faithful it means that he is “steadfast in affection or allegiance” (Merriam-Webster). In other words, that person is loyal. Christians are called to be faithful not only to God but to others as well.

   In order to be faithful to others a person must not betray that person’s trust. However, that is almost impossible not to do because we are human. That is why, along with faithfulness, comes forgiveness. When someone hurts us we must be willing to forgive because we have been forgiven by a faithful God.

   Which, brings me to being faithful to God. In order to be faithful to god not only must someone obey God’s commandments, but the person must also not have any idols. Nowadays idols are not typically statues (at least that Christians worship). Idols are anything that hold a higher place than God does. In other words idols can be television, technology, work, other people, etc. These things are good in moderation but if they take away from your relationship with God there is a problem.

   In order to be truly faithful to God you must have a relationship with him. That means you need to have a friendship with God. To do that you can pray, read your Bible, and follow his commandments. That is the only way to be truly faithful to God. But, since we are sinners, we will fail at being faithful to God. Luckily, God is faithful to us. He forgives us when we are not loyal to him, but we should still work on being faithful to him. We just need to lean on him in order to be loyal.

   So, are you being loyal to your friends and family? Have you been faithful to God? Are you willing to turn back to God if you have been disobeying him, or were not faithful to him?

   1 Samuel 12:24, Ephesians 2:8, Proverbs 28:20, Galatians 5:22-23