God's Faithfulness Shines Brightest in the Darkest Hours

This side of Heaven, it can be hard to see God's faithfulness in the midst of suffering.  We are  focused on our suffering, not on our faithful God.  In today's post, God's Faithfulness Shines Brightest in the Darkest Hours, we will see how God's faithfulness is most evident in our suffering.

God's Faithfulness - He Desires to Show Himself Faithful

I have been in the Old Testament for a couple of years now.  During this time in the Old Testament, the take home message I keep seeing over and over again is God's incredible Faithfulness to His people and the loving purposes for God's commandments and statutes.

During my time in the Book of Deuteronomy, I was filled with awe that the Mighty God of Heaven seeks after His own people and bestows upon them special privileges, all of which are received because of His loving guidance and provision...

“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children—

“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.  Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?  Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?  To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.  Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.  And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them[c] and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,  driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,  know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and 

with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

Deuteronomy 4:9; 32-40

Here we see God's design for His creation.  He created us to be in relationship with Him.   Not just any old relationship, but a very, very special relationship.  One in which He reveals great and mighty things to His own.  Where He bestows special graces and mercies upon His especial people.  Where He purposes to covenant with His chosen ones to show HIMSELF faithful. That is just sooo amazing!  This isn't about a God who is a power-hungry taskmaster, but a God who is our Heavenly Father, and we, His dearly loved children.

God's Faithfulness - He IS Faithful!

Those of you who have spent time in the Old Testament I'm sure have noticed that the Lord reminds Israel over and over again of ALL that He has done for them.  Not in any play of arrogance, but to bolster His children's faith in Him who shows Himself trustworthy over and over again.  We are a forgetful people.

And those who are in Christ Jesus have the Holy Spirit to continually remind them, this is the way, walk in it, as He brings Scriptures, conviction and direction to their hearts.

Oh what special privileges we have as the children of a covenant keeping, faithful God who provides everything we need for life and living ALL of which can be found in the Holy Writ, the Bible.

The Lord established His Word and commands for our success and for our utter dependence on Him who desires for His children to call upon Him every moment so that He can show Himself faithful EVERY time.

God's Faithfulness - Even in the Darkest Hours

Our Heavenly Father also sends trials our way to test our faith, to draw us back to Himself, and most especially to show us His great faithfulness.   I'm sure we can all remember back to a time where we were in the midst of serious trials where God strengthened us, provided for us and ultimately delivered us.  Were it not for the trial, we never would've experienced the special encouragement and strengthening of faith in a faithful God that could only come from that specific circumstance.  God's faithfulness shines brightest in the darkest hours.  Those are the memories that will fortify us when new trials arise.

But what about the unseen ways that the Lord has been faithful.  Those seemingly insignificant day to day activities that we might not even put much stock into, but where we may have been protected from injury or peril in a supernatural way.  We can trust this merciful God to be faithful behind the scenes.  Basically, our living out each day shows a faithful God who is ALWAYS at work.

God's Faithfulness - Call to Mind

It is soo very important to recount God's faithfulness.  Not only through reading the Bible which contains a multitude of accounts showcasing God's faithfulness throughout the Old and New Testament, but to think upon God's faithfulness at ALL times.  There isn't a second of our lives that God isn't showing Himself faithful to us in one way or another.

When we stay focused on God and HIS faithfulness, we will not be an easily distracted and forgetful people, but will behave as the chosen people we are who enjoy and Glorify God.  Our profound trust in the Lord will be evident to our children, our children's children and all of those in our circles.

To read more about faith and God's faithfulness, please click on the following:

Believing the Unseen

Peace in the Christian Life Hinges on One Thing

Can't Find Peace? It's Closer than You Think!!

God's Waiting for You in the Fire

Living Life IN God's Faithfulness

The next time you are in a time of suffering, remember, God's faithfulness shines brightest in the darkest hours.

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