Good morning people who don’t give up and who never let go of God.

Hebrews 10:23 NIV Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

It is an excellent and right thing to say that we trust God. This is the profession of our faith.

But I realise that as we journey through life, there come times when the profession of our faith meets the testing of our faith. The truth is, we don’t like the testing of our faith, nobody does. But the purpose is not to test us and leave us wanting, but to refine our faith and to further develop our spiritual muscles.

It is also true that sometimes it’s not just about holding on, but about holding on unswervingly. It’s a tenacious, no-option kind of holding on. It is a Jacob wrestling with God and not letting Him go until He blesses him kind of holding on.

The fuel to holding on unswervingly is to know that God is faithful.

When circumstances don’t make sense, God is faithful. When hurt is our constant companion, God is faithful. When the bills are mounting up, the children are unwell and we just need a break, God is faithful.

God’s faithfulness is not reliant upon anything else, nor is it defeated or diminished by anything else. God’s faithfulness is in fact a statement about God, and therein lies its power! 

I’ve learning that I don’t need to, nor will I, often understand what’s happening or why. I’m trying to be ok with this – sometimes successfully, and sometimes, not so much. But even in my struggle to accept this, God is still faithful, yes even when I am not and even when evidence would try to say otherwise.

God is faithful!