A Prayer to Be Faithful
God. Make me a faithful person towards you. I don’t want to worship Baals. I want to trust and love only you. And as I come to a point of contention – to conform or to transform – God. Help me to choose transformation.
When you bring me to a good place but when things get boring there, where things are becoming more like repetition and routine, and sometimes I feel like it’s a hopeless situation, help me to be faithful to the good place you’ve placed me in. For what situations are there on Earth that are truly hopeless? Only you God can tell what is truly hopeless and what isn’t. For you are the author and finisher. You are God of miracles and wonders.
I want to have that kind of faith Pst. Aries talked about. When you know you’re going to get $1500 every month as your salary for the rest of your life until the day you die in this job. But this job is the job God called you into. And when God asks, “Can you still trust me that I am good even when you will get only $1500 all your life?” What will your answer be? Your answer will determine your level of faithfulness.
As can be seen this is not the normal kind of trust and faith challenge posed to any Christian…for God will not allow temptation in our life so great that we cannot bear. That question above will not be posed to you nor will you face such a circumstance if God thinks you are not up to that level. So don’t have to worry because we’ve got a responsible and understanding God who knows we grow progressively in different stages…but in any way, don’t choose to backslide for God has already measured and know you are able to withstand that temptation and that’s why you are facing it. He is a responsible God; He prepares a way out of every temptation you’re experiencing. It is however OUR responsibility to endure the temptation so as to find the answer.
When we are at that level, our answer will most probably be a ‘yes’….incomprehensible to normal human beings, yes. But it simply shows that we have placed our faith (and therefore called faithful) in a great God who can turn a dead salty fish to be resurrected to life （咸鱼翻身）.
Selah…
