The Alpha of Faithfulness

UV3027/10000 The Alpha of Faithfulness
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 28 v 20

Faithfulness to the Lord is the source of abundant blessings. Faithfulness consists in both diligent obedience to the commands and precepts of the word and complete trust in the promises of the Lord. The only competition for God on earth is mammon- or money. This is the reason Jesus emphasized that one can serve either God or mammon. The uni-verse above states that those who are in a hurry to get rich somehow lose their innocence. They get ensnared by the temptation of riches. Many people erroneously believe that money is the source of blessings and that abundance of money is the solution for all their issues. Among the blessings the Lord reserves for the faithful is monetary or material blessing but our priority or heart should not be on money. When the Lord makes a person rich, He adds no sorrow to it. We are to make it our servant and not our master. We are to wait patiently for the Lord to bless us with His provision and be contented with what He provides.

None of the blessings Jesus speaks of in His sermon on the mount is about material prosperity. It is more to do with the prosperity of the soul in terms of inheriting heaven, being children of God, in knowing the Lord, in receiving mercy, in being full of peace, in having our spiritual hunger satisfied, in seeing or perceiving God, in being comforted or encouraged, in being rewarded in the eternal realm. Scripture points out to us that these are the true riches of life. Suffice it to say that when we are faithful to the Lord, we are holistically blessed without measure.

Faithfulness implies that we need to make investments of time and effort in doing the will of the Lord, in following His ways. If we are faithful in little things, we will be considered faithful in the things of great importance. Faithfulness to the Lord results in an abundance of the good fruit of the Holy Spirit. Our lives should abound in love of Christ, the joy of the spirit, the peace of our minds, the patience of our character, the kindness and goodness of the Good Samaritan, the faithfulness of Jesus who remained faithful all the way to the cross and the grace, the humility and self control of Jesus. The weeds of envy, pride, lust, hatred, contentious spirit, gloom, anger need to be continually removed from our souls for us to be truly rich.