I was reminded this morning that there is a difference between knowing the truth and believing it. As Christians we fall onto dangerous ground when we forget the importance of believing truth, we slip onto the slope of forgetting and before we know it we no longer know the power of that truth. I can say I know a truth, but to what degree does that truth have power in my life?
For example. God’s word tells me He is faithful. I know He is faithful. He has shown me so many times: faithful in His love toward me, faithful to provide for me, a faithful friend sticking closer than a brother, faithful to the promises He has spoken over my life and that of His bride.
Enter hardship, and I mean big hardship….not the kind where I just broke a nail! And the kind of hardship where this season seems to never come to an end. You know what I am talking about. As each week passes I begin to wonder just a little more about the power of the truth. God is faithful, but was He really there? Why is this happening, where is He? As time passes the hardship seems bigger, and my faith in God’s faithfulness seems to sink a little.
But I know the truth. Don’t tell me. I know the truth! I fight for the truth.
Yet it seems such a distant truth. What happened?
I allowed myself to forget the power of God’s faithfulness. I allowed doubt to creep in. God is truth. His faithfulness is truth. His word is truth!
“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised You” Genesis 28:15
“God is not a man, that he should lie. He is not a human, that he should change his mind. Has He ever spoken and failed to act? Has He ever promised and not carried through?” Numbers 23:19
“He is the Rock; His work is perfect. Everything He does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright He is!” Deut 32:4
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