DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- UNSHAKEABLE FAITH

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- UNSHAKEABLE FAITH

"My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise." (Psalm 57:6)

David was on the run – fleeing from Saul who wanted to take his life. In the midst of his adversity, he proclaimed His faith in God. His faith was steadfast, unmovable. His trust was in God and it would not be shaken, regardless of how things looked in the natural. This was a choice of the will – "I will praise."

We sing the song, "I shall not be, I shall not be moved, just like a tree planted by the waters, I shall not be moved." That confession is a good one. It declares that our faith in Christ will not be sidetracked just because things are not going the way we want.

Our faith has a firm foundation. We know the nature and character of God. He is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. He will never change.

We have His Word. As the hymn says, "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for our faith in His excellent Word."

We have the historical facts of Jesus who died and rose again. Those facts cannot be changed, and they are a strong foundation.

We have personal testimony of the good things that God has done in our lives. He has proven His faithfulness over and over again.

So when life throws me curve balls that Satan would use to tempt me to forsake my faith in God, I can rest on these firm foundations, and I can say with the Psalmist, "I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved" (Psalm 16:8).

Love, Dad