I hope you've all had a good week so far. The end of our FOTS Series is quickly approaching! I can't believe it. Before we get started, I have to ask...Have you all been keeping up with your fruits?? I can honestly say that I have been. So I will give myself a pat on the back for that. haha! The hardest part for me is to keep my cool when I am being tested. I tend to be a bit of a fire cracker from time to time. I mean, I am known as the Drill Sergeant in my family and that title didn't come from being a sweet pea. So sometimes it is REALLY hard for me to bear these fruits. But I have to admit that I am so proud of myself when I overcome those obstacles by maintaining an attitude that is pleasing to The Lord.
Today we are talking about Faithfulness
While I think all of these fruits are important I feel like this one is especially important. Because if you really think about it. We can't really show these if we aren't faithful, right?The definition of "Faithfulness" is- The quality of being faithful, fidelity.
To most people the first thing that comes to mind when they hear this word is a relationship like "Is your husband faithful?" This is a worldly kind of faithfulness. We are talking about the biblical kind of faithfulness. We as Christians are in a relationship with God. No matter what, He is faithful to us. Yet, are we that faithful in return? Of course, the answer is no because we cannot ever be that perfect, but we should strive to be as much like Him as we can.
How can we apply this to our daily lives?
A HUGE part of me being able to maintain these fruits or "attitudes" as I like to call them, over the past few weeks is to be faithful to God. I remind myself constantly, of how far I have come because of His works in my life. I did not come this far to give up now! I refuse to let whatever problem I face to tear me down, to set me back, or to make me feel regret. No way! No how! I know I have said this to you before, but I want to say it again in case this is your first time joining us for a Faithful Friday. The closer you get to the Lord, the more the devil wants to rip you apart. You are constantly in the midst of a war, as a Christian. The devil wants you back (remember, we were all sinners at one point) he wont stop trying to attack you, sending people or circumstance into your life to take your focus off of God, This is how I feel it is, at least for me, I wake up in the morning and I pray for God's protection and guidance for the day ahead of me- by doing this I am putting on my armor of God. So I get up, shield in hand. Before I take my first step, there goes the devil firing off arrows at me. I can either drop my shield and let them take me down. OR I can hold on tight to that shield and fight my way through the day. Now that you have an awesome picture of me as a knight in shining armor. (do I look good or what? haha!) You need to realize this: I am not holding a psychical shield. I am holding on to God's truth, I am holding on to His promises, I am holding on to His faithfulness.
You see one thing I have realized over my years of growth is that I have to be faithful to God in order to receive His faithfulness in return.
Man! There are some FF that I really feel like I knock it out of the park and this was one of them. I hope you feel the same haha!
Continue to make these part of your daily lives, friends! I like that we are learning and growing together with this series.
I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you back on Monday.
Until next time...
Xoxo,
Adela
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