+DEV+ Promise of Steadfastness

Date: February 16, 2011 12:55 AM
Topic: +DEV+ Promise of Steadfastness

Promise of Steadfastness

"Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered for ever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord" (Psalm 112:6-7).
Scripture Focus: 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

The King James Version of this passage says "his heart is fixed." Similarly, Isaiah 26:3: You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is fixed on you." This "fixing" of our hearts is the essence of steadfastness.

Job was unwavering in heart when he cried out, "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him" (Job13:15). To be fixed is to be like Abraham of whom it is said that when all hope was gone, he still hoped, knowing that God would never let His word fail. God's promises will always be kept.

A story goes that a man walking along a cliff slips over the edge. He clings to a sapling and is hanging over a sheer drop, hundreds of feet. He yells, "Is there anyone up there? Help! Help!" He hears a voice saying, "This is God. Just let go! I will catch you and set you safely on the ground." There is silence and then an even louder, frantic cry: "Is there anyone else up there?"

There is no one else up there and no one else anywhere as steadfast as He!

Insight: Perhaps our hearts are not as fixed as they should be? Let us ask God today to fix our hearts fully on Him.