Believing Truth: Part One

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

Resurrection of a blog: Attempt Number Two

How long has it been since I have visited here…? Too long. Way too long. Time is a funny thing. There is never enough in a day is there. Even if our day were 26 hours long we would still not get through everything we desired on that given day. I have found one simple thing to help…..a Macbook. You may laugh but apart from God this small (13”) aluminium beauty has been the key to the biggest life change recently. It feels like my day has gained an extra two hours, and in reality it has. I did some simple maths.

The Dell
15 minutes start up time – no jokes!
45 minutes trying to get an internet connection on dial up.
On average 4 crashes a day – that’s another 15 x 4 minutes to reboot.
Total time per day: 2 hours

The Mac
Instant start up – okay give it 1 second for good measure
Internet connection – as this is not totally dependant on the mac and the charming phone company in Zim is a little temperamental I would say 4 – 10 minutes.
No daily crashes – that’s 0 x 0
Total time per day: Lets say 8 mins and 1 second!

It appears I now have an extra 1 hour, 51 minutes and 59 seconds to play with….I think – maths was never a strong point.

I finally got round to writing my monthly newsletter….ahem…..for February, and had to skip over so much, what with the modern day reader having such a short attention span and needing to put in pictures as another medium to hold attention, my two pages had gone before I had started. Let’s see how blogging works at keeping a closer eye on the story. Comedy abounds every day in this beautiful and quirky land. So here goes…..Blog attempt number two, or maybe three……