Transition:
Since the best way
to deal with adversity is to focus upon God's faithfulness, you must
carefully steward it.
YOU MUST CAREFULLY
STEWARD GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.
- EXPLANATION
- How do you carefully steward God's faithfulness? You must be “apt”.
- Awareness > To steward God's faithfulness, you must recognize it. Are you in the habit of looking for God's faithfulness?
- Preservation > To steward God's faithfulness, you must record it. If you rely only upon your memory, you will forget many occasions when God showed Himself faithful. For this reason, I suggest keeping a journal.
- Testimony > To steward God's faithfulness, you must repeat it. This will strengthen your own faith and another person's.
- ILLUSTRATION
- Beware of any narrowing, dismissing, limiting, downsizing or belittling comments about God's faithfulness.
- “It happens to everyone.”
- “I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”
- “It was pure luck.”
- “It's no big deal.”
- APPLICATION
- If you're guilty of using any of those sentiments, or others similar to them, right now is a good time to repent.
- Every act of God's faithfulness is a unique expression of His unchanging nature!
- Okay, so maybe you haven't received supernatural courage to grab a lion by its mane and club it to death, but what has God done for you?
- Why isn't that a big deal to you?
- Why isn't it still a big deal to you?
- Is it any less impressive or worthy of praise only because time has elapsed?
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