Joys of our Christian life
JUST FOR YOUR THOUGHT:
One of the joys of my Christian life has been the study of Christian biography, the lives of the men and women whom God has used—and is using—to challenge the church and change the world.
The Christians I’ve read about were all different in their backgrounds, their training, their personalities, and their ways of serving God; but they had one thing in common: They all believed God’s promises and did what He told them to do. They were men and women of faith, and God honoured them because they believed His Word. God hasn’t changed, and the principle of faith hasn’t changed.
What seems to have changed is the attitude of God’s people: We no longer believe God and act by faith in His promises. His promises never fail (Josh. 21:45; 23:14; 1 Kings 8:56), but we can fail to live by the grace of God and not enter into all that He has promised for us (Heb. 3:7–19; 12:15).
God has “brought us out that He might bring us in,” but too often we fail to “enter in because of unbelief” (Heb. 3:19).W.W.WIERSBE