Joshua SciarrinoLast name; “Sure-Reno”

Economic Advice: God is faithful, despite our circumstance/situationFiled Under: Jesus Stuff

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Sometimes in my life, I feel God reaches down to embrace me. Not in some ’sexual’ or ‘perverted’ way. Instead the presence of Almighty God manifests for a moment in my life. Some people call it the ‘anointing of God’, others a ’spiritual high’, others ‘epiphany’ (hmm, epiphany means ‘manifest/show’), no matter what you call it, it’s a moment when something special happens.

I had one of these experiences over a week ago. Keep in mind, I haven’t been to ‘church’ in a while, haven’t read the bible in a while, nor prayed fervently. This isn’t something that I’ve ‘earned’ or deserved. It’s something that just happened. I would honestly say it surprised me because I wasn’t expecting it, again, it just happened.

So, just like every day, I stepped in my car to run some errands. I turned on my CD that I got from Promise Keepers and it turned on the fourth song “Our God Saves” by Paul Baloche. This ‘epiphany’ happened within the first minute of the five minute song. I encourage you to listen to it.

It wasn’t the words of the song that struck me. There is nothing in the song about ‘the faithfulness of God’. The first minute sings “In the name of the Father, In the name of the Son, etc”. It’s a prayer to lift of God. Within this prayer is where the ‘presence of God manifested’.

I was literally flooded with thoughts of the Faithfulness of God. He is faithful. God is faithful, He is always faithful and will complete what He said.

Knowing truth and experiencing truth aren’t very different as people say but when you experience a truth, the truth becomes deeper into your heart based on things that happen in your life. I’ve read scripture, the bible, from cover to cover and some of it is hard to believe or sometimes we forget what it says or even we might not even know what is in it. But regardless of ‘knowing’ or ‘experiencing’ truth, it’s truth, it’s firm, it’s a rock, the truth stays the same.

What I’m saying is let go of all the stress you have. Let it all GO because God is faithful. Whether you believe it or not, whether you can comprehend it or not (which, I think most of us would agree, it is hard to comprehend), God is faithful.

Scripture says in 2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NASB version)

 11 It is a trustworthy statement:
         For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 
    12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
         If we deny Him, He also will deny us; 
    13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

So, if we have no faith in this situation (the economy dropping down), God remains faithful. Like, He just doesn’t stop being faithful. God’s honesty is resilient, if you ‘fail’ God, He won’t fail you. This is unconditional truth.

I think this other statement applies and helps us better understand who God is.

Numbers 23:19 (NASB version)

19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
         Nor a son of man, that He should repent;
         Has He said, and will He not do it?
         Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

In context, verse 21, it states “God is with ‘Israel’“, meaning strength and victory. Every time in the Bible when it says “God is with such and such“, it’s follows by victory and strength in that current situation.

God is with His people, He will NOT fail you, even if you fail Him. Let go of all your worries and trust in His faithfulness.

Now, before I wrap things up, I have one question for you. 

What is God faithful about?

Seriously. If we’ve established ‘God is faithful‘. Faithful about what?

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Simply put. God is faithful on what He says. Now, I could ask another question (which is what I normally do; example, I’d ask “How do we hear God?“) but instead of running down 10,000 rabbit holes, I’ll stay here. God is faithful on what He says. If God has said something to you, He meant it, He didn’t lie about it, and He will fulfill it. 

I encourage you to use wisdom in ‘what did God say‘ and don’t become overtly excited about it and let Him do, what He promised to do. This is very difficult to walk out but I encourage you to try and trust. Use God as the model, His faithfulness is resilient, is yours? Do you keep your word? By imitating God, you learn more about Him, so try it. See what it feels like, see how it changes people’s view of you. Finally, watch the video behind that song, it’s a great song, I love it right now, it’s a very timely song for me.

Disclaimer: Please note, things surrounding this truth is gray. It’s difficult to clearly express this without having someone say ‘What about this?‘, ‘What about those dying in Africa?‘ etc. So, rest in the truth and wrestle with the questions surrounding it. Wrestling meaning: Ask yourself ‘If God is faithful, what about…‘ then ‘Well, did He say it?‘ then ‘Why or why not?‘.