Complete Meaning of Faithfulness

God told me that I have lived my whole life with an incomplete understanding of faith. Because I only thought having faith means believing. But not living out what I said I believed means I did not believe at all.

Truly, faith without action is dead.

During the past few weeks, God has been correcting me with my definition of faith. I will share with you what He taught me.

== Faithful ==

You are faithful not just because you believe but because you are living and walking what you believe and you do not stop until you achieve what you believe.

You are called faithful when you are doing something that you said you will do or when you are completing something that is required of you, big or small.

You are faithful when you are finishing something you have started.

If you cannot finish small tasks, how can you be faithful with bigger tasks?

Faithfulness is that which guarantees you will FINISH no matter what the circumstances are.

You are faithful if you do not stop doing what you need to do in order to attain what you believed you can attain.

You are faithful when you are firmly determined to pursue a seemingly impossible goal because you have faith that you will achieve it.

You are faithful when you keep moving forward because you have faith that somewhere beyond this big problem is a greener pasture.

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The great people of the world were faithful people. But greater is he who is faithful to the Lord. So what does it truly mean to be faithful to the Lord?

==Faithfulness to the Lord==

You are faithful to the Lord if you fear Him because you believe in His existence. You are faithful if you are mindful of your ways because you believe that there is a God who will judge you.

You are faithful to the Lord if you continuously pray to Him for healing and deliverance because you believe that He is able and willing and that He hears you even though it seems He is too far away to hear your prayers.

You are faithful to the Lord if you do what He tells you to do like loving one another no matter how hard it is to do so. But because the Lord told you, you are faithful to obey His commands without question or doubt.

You are faithful to the Lord if you stop looking in the past and continue to move on because you believe that God has prepared better things for you.

You are faithful to the Lord if you do not complain on the hardships you are experiencing because you believe that God is faithful to give you His reward after passing through.

If you did complain, you immediately ask for forgiveness and repent because you believe that the Lord is faithful to forgive.

You are faithful to the Lord if you prepare yourself for His coming because you believe that He is coming any time soon. You would not want Him to see you not cleaning His House (your heart) when He arrives.

You are faithful to the Lord if you are determined to finish a task He has personally asked you to do.

You are faithful to the Lord if you do not stop praying out to Him for money, providence, job, favor, etc. because you believe that God wants to provide for you and is very much willing to give to you anything you need.

You are faithful to the Lord if you give your tithes to the Church because you love Him and you believe that He personally receives your heart-felt and cheerful giving.

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And when you return to Him, even though you have not finished your task but you have the heart of completing it, He will come and greet you and hug you while saying

“Well done, good and faithful servant.”

Faithfulness cannot be measured by how much you have believed or by what you have achieved. There’s no need for faith if you already have what you seek for. There’s no need for faith if you are already face-to-face with God.

If you have noticed the underlined words are all in present (progressive) tense.

Faithfulness is measured by a person’s will and action to pursue what he believes in. Just as Jesus was faithful to complete the task given to Him by the Father, so are we in this world who are or will be faithful to complete the task given to us by Jesus.

Because you can never please the Lord without FAITH. You can never please the Lord if you are a quitter. The Lord is not a quitter. He is a faithful God. Once He said it, it is done.

Ever wonder why Jesus said “the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few.” And not

“the harvest is plenty but the believers are few.” He needs workers, not plain believers.

He needs believers in action. These are the genuine Christians. These are the Bride.