Faithfulness
July 14, 2008
Today I looked for Scripture to support one of the character traits I would like to define me—namely, Faithfulness. The biggest thing I noticed through the experience is that the Bible has a lot more to say about God’s faithfulness than mine. I find that encouraging.
The most interesting thing I came across today was in Revelation 17:4–
They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.
For some reason it reminded me of Matthew 22:14–
“For many are invited [called], but few are chosen.”
Then I had the frightening thought, “Perhaps it is true that many are called, few are chosen, and even fewer remain faithful.” I’d like to be faithful—just in case 
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August 6th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
So I’ve been thinking about this discussion about the need to be faithful… and I wondered about the meaning of “faithful”. When you guys were talking about it last night, I assumed you were meaning a sense of being steadfast and loyal, thus the temptation to despair because of our wandering hearts. But could faithful simply mean full of faith? Meaning it simply goes back to the gospel… that those who believe in the saving blood of Jesus Christ will be saved. My rudimentary look at the Greek seems to suggest that it could be either one… faithful as in reliable and committed to doing what is right and faithful as in believing and trusting in God’s promises.
Of course my reformed surroundings of late point me to interpreting the verse as merely giving three adjectives that would describe any of Christ’s true followers–that is, that those who are called are also chosen and also faithful. I’m pretty sure that a reformed perspective would argue against equating inviting with calling in Matthew 22:14… not that I’m saying that’s right or wrong. Just that an argument against that interpretation could be made… which I will not try to make here, heh.
I don’t know. I tend to see the Bible’s message as telling us that God’s people will be unfaithful, but that He is ever faithful, and that is more important. I could be wrong, but I think God desires more that we be full of faith in His faithfulness and promises than to be concerned about working on our own faithfulness… I feel like this is part of what Thomas Merton is saying in his prayer–that, yes, he does hope that his motivation in life is to please God in all he does, but even if he thinks he is being “faithful” he may not actually be being faithful, and yet God’s faithfulness and provision is greater than this. And so he will trust in Him. He will be full of faith even if he is not faithful, heh.
Okay. I’m sorry this is a ridiculously long comment. I hope there’s something worthwhile. =)
August 8th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Well said.
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