God Will Not Fail You

1 Corinthians 13: 8-13 "Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.  For we know in part and we prophesy in part;  but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.  When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.  For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love."

God’s love never fails. He is forever faithful.  His creation could pass away.  Some of the gifts He has given will someday be gone.  Nothing in all the universe is as permanent as Him, unless He so wills it.  Prophesy, tongues, and the gift of knowledge are temporary.  They are simply gifts which reveal partial truth.  When we are perfected in our glorious new bodies, that which is partial will be done away with.  We will not need prophesy, tongues and knowledge, because we will be able to tap into God’s knowledge and know Him as He knows us.  He knows all tongues, all knowledge and we will know God’s heart about all things.

God does not take away anything in our lives without substituting something greater. If you are going through a trial, God is faithful to see you through that trail and to come out of it closer to Him with greater love and faith. If you lose a possession, a job, or even someone you love, God will be there  with you and help you through the loss.  He was faithful in the past.  He will be faithful in the future. He is faithful today.

Now faith (Trusting God for what He did in the past) hope (trusting God for what He will do in the future), Love (Trusting God for what He is doing right now in your life) abide these three, but the greatest of these is love.  It is easy to say we trusted Him and we will Trust Him in the future.  The hardest thing is to trust Him now when we are in the middle of a trial.  He is faithful.  God will not fail you.

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