As I asked Jesus what to write about this week, I felt as if He said 'Faithful'.  ‘Great’, I thought.  I was honestly hoping that He would say nothing and I could just skip this week. You see, faithful is about the last thing I’m feeling right now.  There is really no particular reason, it’s not as if my life is in shambles or I’m particularly depressed, it’s just one of those seasons.  Maybe it’s related to our ministry not being as fruitful lately as I would hope, or maybe the stress of trying to find a publisher for my next book, or maybe it’s just plain old battle fatigue and needing a little R&R.  Whatever it is, I’m certainly not feeling like an authority in the area of being faithful, and so I’m thinking, ‘what can I possibly have to say about this right now.’

And so as I sat down and began writing, what seems to be coming to me is that being faithful is not about a feeling, it is about an action.  It is about loving our God when everything in us wants to hate him.  It is about sitting with a hurting friend instead of watching the game, or maybe fighting for a marriage that seems to keep hitting the same old wall.  It is about making a phone call, knowing the extreme discomfort that we will feel during those moments of vulnerability … or maybe today, it is just about writing a blog with very little comprehension or experience of the subject at hand.

What I do know is that the One who has called us is faithful, even when we are not; and as His son’s, He has called us to walk closely with Him, being trained up in the ways of the Kingdom.  Further, what I know is that this simple act of being faithful, and writing today on being faithful, has done something to my faith.  He has Fathered me today, and you know what, I am feeling a bit more faithful .

To the King,

David