Historic faith!
Verse for Today: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Psalms 22:5 – (Our fathers)
cried to You and were saved; in You they trusted and were not disappointed.
The faith of the child of God is
historical and generational. It passes from generation to generation throughout
the history of mankind. Children are often able to look back at the lives of
their parents and confirm their faith in their lives. Israelites always looked
back at the lives of Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to confirm the faith
that they hold. They found that whenever God’s children cried to God for help,
He delivered them from difficulties. The stories of their faith and trust have
been recorded in the Word of God for the posterity to read and assimilate.
God’s children traveled through the wilderness for forty years and found their
God always trustworthy and faithful. He never changed His promises and He helped
them in spite of their lack of integrity and loyalty to their God. Historical
faith cannot identify even one instance of God’s lack of trustworthiness. David
found this to be true in spite of the fierce battles that he underwent. So
David asked God in prayer to authenticate the same trustworthiness in his case
also. He had a serious bargain with God that if God had answered all the
prayers of his forefathers, he had every prerogative to expect the same
faithfulness from his God towards him. Turning through the pages of the Bible,
we also have the prerogative to ask that the same faithfulness may be shown to
us also in our times of dire needs. David’s prayer is also a challenge for us
to take God at His promises which are eternally secured in heaven and are made
available for us to claim. If we take God at His Word today as our fathers in
the faith had done in the past, He would honor His word and our earnest pleas
to fulfill it. We have the privilege to live on the basis of the historical
faith of our forefathers and experience it as a reality in our lives.
Dear friend, are you discouraged
today thinking that God is not fast enough to answer your prayers for
deliverance and release from present sufferings? Remember, our forefathers had
to learn to be patient as they waited for long for God’s promises to be
fulfilled. Abraham had to wait for over a quarter of a century to receive the
promised son. Joseph had to wait for thirteen years for his dreams to be
fulfilled. Moses had to wait for forty years in the wilderness before he was
used by God to release Israelites from Egypt. David had to run around for
almost ten years before he became king even after being anointed by
Samuel. Our God moves according to His
divine calendar of programs for nations and people. His delays are not denials,
but delights in His will accomplished at His best time. His delays are delays
of preparation of circumstances and people to fit into His mold of programs for
the world and for His kingdom. So when we call on Him for help and deliverance,
we must be willing to wait as our forefathers did by faith and trust in Him. He
works all things together for our good and will make us wait patiently for His
time to come. While we wait, the prayer and perseverance of our forefathers come
to us with tremendous spiritual value to mold our life of faith and trust in
Him and His promises. Today let us look back at our forefathers of faith and
not be discouraged because the One who has promised us deliverance will never
relent and retreat from His promises. One of these days, the Lord will send us
release from our bondage and unshackle us from our burdens and difficulties
and set us free to move forward.
Psalms 40:1 – I waited
patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry.
Thought for Today
God works in all the generations to fulfill His promises which
strengthen the faith of the posterity.
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