Big Thought: Faithfulness to the Lord will always be , and we are to be faithful to the Lord above .
I. Faithfulness seems .
a. Faithfulness causes you to often go against the .
Deuteronomy 32:35 (ESV) – It is Mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.
1 Samuel 26:9 (ESV) – But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?” And David said, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish. The LORD forbid I should put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed…”
b. Faithfulness may not seem .
c. Faithfulness may often seem .
II. We are to be faithful in the of life.
How to be faithful in the :
- Listen to God’s Word and His Spirit.
- We love in the dark.
- Honor in the light.
- We love in return.
- Let the Lord be the Lord.
- Live with integrity.
III. We have good to be faithful in the of life.
a. Faithfulness will be .
b. Although , faithfulness will .
2 Samuel 4:4 (ESV) – Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2 Samuel 9:3, 6-7 (ESV) – And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.”… And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.” And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.”