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He Is Faithful


“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23).

There is a half-acre pond on our Sanctuary at Camilla property which I had dug several years ago. When only rain water filled the pond, it took nearly six months for it to fill; I stocked the pond with hundreds of small fingerlings of Perch and Bass fish. Over the years, I have routinely fed these little rascals every afternoon as the sun’s shadows creep across the pond’s surface. My little fish know this is their feeding time, and they have come to depend on me to cast out their 7-8 hands full of dry dog food pellets. I guess you could say I have promised to feed them like this, so when I get to the water’s edge each afternoon my little fish are already there swimming back and forth anticipating the scrumptious meal they have been patiently waiting for. The food barely hits the water’s surface and there is a splashing and thrashing of hundreds of hungry fish eager to eat. I think they know I am faithful to be there at the pond every day for them.

Like my little fish who continue to hold on to their hope in me, and the promise I have made to feed them; I believe we continue to hold unswervingly to the hope we profess in our God. We know we can trust Him to be faithful because He has promised us He would be.

In verse 25 of (Hebrews 10) it says; “Let us not give up meeting together…but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” I watch my little fish, and this Scripture comes alive for me. They meet together (schooling) swimming back and forth hoping their provider will come and take care of their need. And, their coming together each afternoon like this paradoxically affords them their mutual encouragement that the one who is faithful will be there for them. God is exactly like this! He is always faithful to be here to take care of us.

“Let us be faithful, just as He is faithful.”



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