Loyalty

Happy March everyone! Spring is right around the corner bringing new life in new places as well as old! More daylight and warmer temperatures. I would just like to say, "Thank You Lord!"

Today I received a comment on a post I wrote in January of last year,  "Does God Need Encouragement".   readywriteruk says,  "When you are loyal to someone you encourage them." I find it so amazing that God always brings a Word to help us when we need one!

Before I had even stepped out of my bed this morning, I was being accused. "You don't think about Me (God) enough, you don't really know Me (Him)..." Over and over...on and on, like a masquito buzzing around my head looking for a place to land so he could start sucking the life out of me!

I have lots of experience with the accuser of the brethren, the father of all lies, that devil! I should know full well his schemes to take my heart away from the One that I love! But the thing is, I am still vulnerable to the lies and accusations of the enemy! Part of my human condition I think.

Shortly after this attack on my faith this morning, God brought me the comment from readywriteruk about loyalty. As I pondered over this word, God revealed that part of being loyal to Him means remembering and believing that He is loyal to me... all the time! He says over and over in His Word that He will never leave us nor forsake us. And also so important to remember that He pulls us along with "chords of Love and kindness", not guilt and shame!  "God is Love" and He's a GOOD God!

In his, I highly recommend,  devotional, "Fret Busters, 30 Reasons Not to Fear or Worry",  Roy Lessin points out,  "God won't say or do anything for the purpose of frustrating you, making you anxious, causing you to panic, or filling you with fear. "

"You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You . Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah (Him), the Lord is everlasting strength."  Isaiah 26:3-4.

God is Love and His Word says, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."  (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).  In our efforts to be loyal to God, lets trust Him and not let go of the belief that He is loyal to us!