The author of Hebrew's describes Sarah of Genesis as one who considered God faithful to hold to His promises. I am a mess, prone to rebel and feed my own self-made gods. By His mercy, though, I want to be one who is marked by considering God has faithful who promised.
This morning I am reading Colossians 1-2, and struck by the same theme, as it is over and over in the Word...
"For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross...
...continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard...
..which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory...
...Let no one disqualify you, insisting on ascetisicm...and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God...
Holding fast, clinging to the Hope that we have in Christ- the One who is faithful and has promised something greater, Himself. This is the life of a believer.
Recently, in church, we have been going through Hebrews- talking over and over about what it means to have faith, holding fast to His promises, believing Him at His word and submitting our life to it. If you are interested in hearing great teaching on what it means to have faith,
I recommend last week's teaching at Park Church by Brian Brown. http://bbrown.typepad.com/park_church_media/
For today,
Kayla
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