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God’s Trustworthiness
God’s Trustworthiness
Two young girls were
talking, and one said she had ten pennies. The other girl looked at her hand
and only saw five. She said, “You only have five pennies.” The first girl
replied, “I have five and my father told me he would give me five more tonight.
So I have ten.”
She
understood that her father’s promise was as good as done. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations
for Biblical Preaching》
God’s Trustworthiness
Two
young girls were talking, and one said she had ten pennies. The other girl
looked at her hand and only saw five. She said, “You only have five pennies.”
The first girl replied, “I have five and my father told me he would give me
five more tonight. So I have ten.”
She
understood that her father’s promise was as good as done. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations
for Biblical Preaching》
GOD, faithfulness of
Roger Simms, hitchhiking his way home, would
never forget the date--May 7. His heavy suitcase made Roger tired. He was
anxious to take off his army uniform once and for all. Flashing the hitchhiking
sign to the oncoming car, he lost hope when he saw it was a black, sleek, new
Cadillac. To his surprise the car stopped. The passenger door opened. He ran
toward the car, tossed his suitcase in the back, and thanked the handsome,
well-dressed man as he slid into the front seat. "Going home for
keeps?" "Sure am," Roger responded. "Well, you're in luck
if you're going to Chicago." "Not quite that far. Do you live in
Chicago?" "I have a business there. My name is Hanover." After
talking about many things, Roger, a Christian, felt a compulsion to witness to
this fifty-ish, apparently successful businessman about Christ. But he kept
putting it off, till he realized he was just thirty minutes from his home. It
was now or never. So, Roger cleared his throat, "Mr. Hanover, I would like
to talk to you about something very important." He then proceeded to
explain the way of salvation, ultimately asking Mr. Hanover if he would like to
receive Christ as his Savior. To Roger's astonishment the Cadillac pulled over
to the side of the road. Roger thought he was going to be ejected from the car.
But the businessman bowed his head and received Christ, then thanked Roger.
"This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me."
Five years went by, Roger married, had a
two-year-old boy, and a business of his own. Packing his suitcase for a
business trip to Chicago, he found the small, white business card Hanover had
given him five years before. In Chicago he looked up Hanover Enterprises. A
receptionist told him it was impossible to see Mr. Hanover, but he could see
Mrs. Hanover. A little confused as to what was going on, he was ushered into a
lovely office and found himself facing a keen-eyed woman in her fifties. She
extended her hand. "You knew my husband?" Roger told how her husband
had given him a ride when hitchhiking home after the war. "Can you tell me
when that was?" "It was May 7, five years ago, the day I was
discharged from the army." "Anything special about that day?"
Roger hesitated. Should he mention giving his witness? Since he had come so
far, he might as well take the plunge. "Mrs. Hanover, I explained the
gospel. He pulled over to the side of the road and wept against the steering
wheel. He gave his life to Christ that day." Explosive sobs shook her
body. Getting a grip on herself, she sobbed, "I had prayed for my
husband's salvation for years. I believed God would save him."
"And," said Roger, "Where is your husband, Mrs. Hanover?"
"He's dead," she wept, struggling with words. "He was in a a car
crash after he let you out of the car. He never got home. You see--I thought
God had not kept His promise." Sobbing uncontrollably, she added, "I
stopped living for God five years ago because I thought He had not kept His
word!"── J.Kirk Johnston, Why Christians Sin, Discovery House,
1992, p. 39-41.
GOD, faithfulness of
Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had
complete trust in God's faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly
Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up
with a good appetite every morning...He sustained 3 million Israelites in the
wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect He will send 3 million missionaries
to China; but if He did, He would have ample means to sustain them all...Depend
on it, God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.── Our
Daily Bread, May 16, 1992.
FAITHFULNESS
OF GOD.
Ⅰ. He is faithful that
called us unto the fellowship of His Son. “ God is faithful, by whom ye were
called” (1. Cor.1:9).
Ⅱ. He is faithful, and will
not suffer us to be tempted above what we are able to bear (1. Cor.10:13).
Ⅲ. The Lord is faithful to
sanctify us wholly. “ The very God of peace sanctify you wholly” (1.Thess.
5:23).
Ⅳ. He is faithful to
stablish and keep. “ The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you
from evil” ( 11. Thess.3:3)
Ⅴ. His own character the
ground of His faithfulness. “ If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful; He
cannot deny Himself” (11. Tim.2:13).
Ⅵ. He is faithful to keep to
His promises. “ He is faithful that promised” (Heb.10:23).
Ⅶ. He is faithful to forgive,
if we confess our sin. “ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive” (1. John 1:9).
── F.E. Marsh《Five Hundred Bible Readings》