What are the benefits to being faithful to God?

Wednesday 22 March 2017

He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him

Proverbs 2:8 (NLT)

There are many benefits to being faithful to God and today we want to explore some of those benefits:

1. The Lord protects the faithful

God provides protection to those who are faithful to Him. He guides our path and protects us from the dangers of the day and the terrors of the night and does not permit the evil one to touch us in any way:

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV)

2. The Lord blesses the faithful

When we are faithful to God He blesses us with the blessings of the heavens above and blessings of the earth beneath and makes our lives prosperous:

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:20 (ESV)

3. The Lord promotes the faithful

This earthly experience is all a test of faithfulness. If we are able to be faithful over the little God has given us here on earth then He will make us rulers over many things in the age to come:

And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward. I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.

Luke 12:42-44 (NLT)

Prayer

Dear Lord, please help me to be faithful over what You have given me here so that You can trust me with the true riches of heaven in Jesus name.

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How to be free from the worries of life and the lure of wealth

Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:22

In Matthew 13:22 we find that a man receives the word of God graciously and makes progress. He has faith and the word has root in him, however due to the things of the world such as riches, the benefits of the word are choked out of the man and he becomes unfruitful. The scripture above teaches us many life lessons.

1, We must meditate on the word day and night

The word is precious and has the power to allow us to live lives that are content, stable and balanced. In order to stay on course and allow the word of God to influence and guide our life, we need to meditate on the word day and night so that the word is not choked out of us, and so we do not fall and stumble and become unfruitful.

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Joshua 1:8

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12

2, We must renew our minds on a daily basis

In order to remain fruitful in the word of God, the bible, we must renew our minds daily. Our minds are daily polluted by things we hear in passing conversation, on social media, in newspapers and through the radio etc. In order to not be influenced by the ways of the world we need to renew our minds through yielding to God and asking God to remove anything that hinders our fellowship with Him.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2

3, We must rely upon God’s strength and not our own

We must not rely upon on own efforts but we must rely upon God’s grace to stay rooted to the word so we are not distracted by things of the word such as wealth. (Zechariah 4:6). In order to do this we need to renew our minds and focus on whatever ifs pure, good, true and worthy.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

Philippians 4:8

Summary

When we renew our minds by Gods strength and not our own, and when we discipline our minds and make a conscious effort to meditate on the promises of God’s word, and resist sin, we are able to bear fruit and demonstrate to others the benefits of being obedient to the word of God, the Bible (Deuteronomy 7:9).

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Annette Galloway
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