God is faithful – trust him
This fresh set of Daily Devotions is being provided for our LCA/NZ family, friends and visitors to help us to keep our eyes on Jesus as we face unsettling times. They can be used by families and individuals as part of the LCA/NZ’s Church@Home resources to encourage us and build trust in our Heavenly Father during this season of uncertainty and physical isolation.
by Pastor Kevin Bell
This is one of four devotions on the theme of Trust, to be published approximately once a week.
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Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands (Deuteronomy 7:9).
Read Deuteronomy 7:7 -9
The writer of Deuteronomy proclaims that our God is a faithful God and so implies you can trust him. Sounds simple enough, but often we are in the position described by a sign at the reception desk of a Country Inn in England. It reads: ‘Please introduce yourself to your fellow guests since we are one big happy family. Do not leave valuables in your room.’
Trust is a good thing, but don’t we have to be a bit cautious? The truth is, every day we face a world of so many uncertainties, troubles, pains and hurts that we naturally ask the question, ‘Can I really trust God?’ Faithfulness and reliability, it’s a rare commodity these days.
When you trust in God, you are placing your future, your uncertainties into one Who Values You and is Faithful. You are his own dear children, who are the apple of his eye (Deut 32:10). Friends, you matter to God. You are valuable and precious to him. God is faithful. He promises to be with you. He wants to help you. Nothing in the universe can change his loving concern for you.
Will you entrust your future, and the challenges the future holds, to the God who is faithful?
Sometimes our capacity to trust has been undermined because a significant person in our lives has either betrayed our trust, rejected us, or hurt us deeply. God is not like that person who hurt you. God does not promise one thing and do another. In fact, if you want to know what God is like – his personality, his character, his heart – you find him in Jesus. In Jesus, you find a God who not only puts broken people back together again but also a God who enters your pain. In Jesus, God enters your brokenness. In Jesus, God is rejected, betrayed, bullied, shamed, abandoned and killed. He knows what it’s like to walk in your shoes, having entered your vulnerability and brokenness.
How can we not trust him?
Faithful God, thank you that you call us precious. Help us by your Holy Spirit to put our trust in you. Amen.
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