1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.
Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 4103
Faithful: reliable, trustworthy, can be relied on
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No. 982
Trust: (you, we, I) put trust in; have confidence in, rely
A faithful people must be called by a faithful God, a God who can be trusted, a God who cannot lie, a God who leads the way.
GOD IS FAITHFUL
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
TRUST IN GOD
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
God Doesn't Lie
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Hebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
God Keeps His Promises
Genesis 17:7
And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your seed after you.
Galatians 3:16
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, "and to seeds," meaning many, but "and to your seed," meaning One, who is Christ.
God Knows Where He Leads Us
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
John 14:6
Jesus says to him, "I am The Way and The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father, but by Me."
Hebrews 11:16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
John 14:2
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
MUSTARD SEED FAITH
All we need is a tiny bit of faith, faith the size of a mustard seed, to believe and to follow God. And we need to act on that faith.
Luke 17:6
And the Lord answered, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you."
Matthew 17:20
“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Mustard seed faith uproots trees and moves mountains. We just have to speak out our faith in God to see that He uproots the trees in our path, He moves the mountains that block our way.
Mustard seed faith accomplishes in the spiritual realm what the heart believes and the faithful speak aloud.
We pray for the impossible and God answers our prayers. We pray for the improbable to happen and God answers our prayers. We seek out God's Word to know our Leader better and see Him more clearly and hear His voice more softly.
Mustard seed faith is strong faith. It may look tiny on the outside, but great things happen when we plant it in our spirits. It takes root. It grows. It buds, sprouts and rises above the dark places to spread its branches in the Sonlight, in the Day. Mustard seed faith multiplies a thousandfold.
Matthew 13:31, 32
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
Mustard seed faith sees souls saved, diseases shrivel up, bones healed, minds delivered and more.
Faith, Trust, requires us to believe what we cannot see ahead of us. It is as if we walk blindfolded, but not blindly. For we know Whom we have believed and where He leads us we will follow. Faith requires us to be faithful to God.
Let us place our trust in God that what He has promised He will do. Let us pray for His kingdom to increase. And let us answer the call He has placed on each of our lives to be saved, be filled and be of service in His kingdom.
