ICS Daily Devotions
Be Faithful Because God Is Faithful
Psalm 105:37-45 (NKJV) He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and He brought quail, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river. For He remembered His holy promise, and Abraham His servant. He brought out His people with joy, his chosen ones with gladness. He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labor of the nations, that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. Praise the LORD!
When the Israelites left Egypt, there was none feeble among the tribes, which means all of them were healthy and strong from the youngest to the oldest. Fear came upon the Egyptians because God had shown Himself strong on their behalf. God desired to deliver them from slavery and bondages. He never left them but was a constant guide for them in the form of a cloud in the day and fire in the night, personally leading them, providing for them and protecting them.
He provided for them in the most difficult moments when there was no water by making water come out of a rock. During the hardest time of their lives, their most important need was water, which represents life, and God gave them this provision. Why was God faithful and still interested in them despite their murmuring, rebellion and unfaithfulness? Because God remembered His covenant with Abraham which He had promised during the covenant ritual, and it was with joy and gladness when the Israelites were delivered from the land of bondage, from oppression and slavery.
Genesis 15:13-14 (NKJV) Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
Because God is faithful to us, today, He is also looking for people who are faithful in the things that He has entrusted us with.
Matthew 25:23 (NKJV) His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Sermon Series：Faithfulness
