BEING STEADFAST!

Good Afternoon!

And, it sure is!  Sun Shine and 55 degrees.  How much better can it get, especially since it hasn't been anything like that since last October.

It is my hope by this weekend to make my opening remarks about a new path for me under the umbrella of Faith Enterprises.  Very excited.  It has been a long time since I actually got this enthusiastic.  In looking back, I have been in care taking modes for ten years.  And, now having been steadfast, Jesus has shed some light on a new path.  TBA

Which leads us to a verse I learned back in college.  I was the oldest student at both Ft. Wayne Bible College and University of St. Francis.  The reason I share that is because I had to certainly learn about steadfastness.  Many times I wanted to give up.  In the last ten years I was sure I probably should just lay back and retire.  And, yet, I kept going.  What is steadfastness.  The dictionary says - Firmly fixed or established.  Constant; unswerving.  No wavering or being fickle.

God's Word says in Isaiah 26: 3

"You will keep in perfect peace him (her) whose mind is steadfast, because he (she) trusts in you."

I remember memorizing that verse and over these 3 decades plus, I have had to refer to that verse several times.  If I felt wishy-washy or all over the place, I new somewhere my fixed position had washed away.  We all have different lifestyles and things we are responsible for.  We all worry at times and wonder if God is going to answer that prayer about so and so.  Staying steadfast and fixed, unswerving takes prayer each and every day.  As we have learned God doesn't always answer a prayer immediately, but I do believe He answers them in His time.  Steadfastness means - stay fixed in your trust by praying like it is as critical as oxygen to breath.  

"In order to reach your greatest potential view your prayer life as critical as it is for the need of oxygen!"  (Pastor Stuart Kruse)

So the bottom line is if you want perfect peace, then stay fixed (steadfast) and unnerved in your prayer life.  Trust God will grant you peace because you trust in Him.