GOD
IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISES [ACTS 13:13-25]
WHAT
would you do if you were called to go to a foreign country to preach the Gospel
to a people you had never met before? What is the most important thing you would
want to tell them? The message of the Gospel is clear. God loves us intimately
and wants us to be with Him. He is always faithful to His promises. This is the
message that Paul preached to the Jews in Pisidian Antioch, and it is the same
message we must preach today.
When
Paul and Barnabas were sent out on their first missionary journey, they preached
in the synagogue. Paul used this opportunity to speak to the people about the
faithfulness of God in fulfilling all the promises He made through the prophets.
He traced their history and reviewed for them how their loving Father had
remained faithful to them through the centuries – even when they had turned away
from Him. Ultimately, God gave them Jesus as the one through whom they would
receive the salvation He intended.
If
God remained committed to His people through the ages, we can trust Him to be
faithful to us, too. Even more than knowing that we are sinners in need of
redemption, God wants us to know that He is a merciful and loving Father
eternally committed to His children. Jesus offered up His life so that we might
have new life. We just need to receive it. What a treasure we have in Jesus!
What blessed assurance and hope!
Have
you experienced this wonderful truth? Take some time to look back over your life
and ask the Holy Spirit to show you the ways that you have been guided, provided
for, and protected. Ask Him to show you the times when God’s hand has been upon
your life, even when you were far from Him. Recall the times when He answered
your prayers and was faithful to His promises.
Dear
Sisters and Brothers, let us thank Him for these times and let His truths melt
our hearts. Let Him gather us in His arms and hold us close.
Jakarta,
15 May 2014
A
Christian Pilgrim
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