Strengthen Your Faith in the Creator

MAINTAIN YOUR FAITH

No matter how long we have been serving Jehovah, we must continue to build and maintain our faith in him. Why?  Because if we are not careful our faith can weaken. Remember, faith involves evidence of unseen realities. What we cannot see, we may simply forget.  Thus, Paul called lack of faith  "the sin that easily entangles us." (Hebrews 12:1) How, then, can we avoid that trap? - 2 THESSALONIANS 1:3.

First, beg Jehovah for his holy spirit, and do so often.  Why?  Because faith is an aspect of the fruitage of the spirit.  Galatians 5:22, 23) We cannot build and maintain our faith in our Creator without the help of his holy spirit.  If we keep asking Jehovah for his spirit, he will give it to us.  (Luke1:13)  In particular, we can pray:  "Give us more faith. " - LUKE 17:5.

Additionally, be consistent in your personal study of God's. (Read  Psalm 1:2, 3.)  When that psalm was composed, few Israelites had a complete written copy of God's Law.  However, the king and the priests had access to copies, and every seven years, arrangements were made for "the men, the women, the children," and the foreign residents of Israel  to listen to the reading of God's Law.  (Deuteronomy 31:10-12)  In Jesus' day,  Scripture scrolls could be found only in the hands of a few and in synagogues.  In contrast, today most people have access to portions of God's Word. That is a real privilege. How can we show that we appreciate such a privilege! 

We cab show that we appreciate the privilege of having God's Word by reading it regularly.  We cannot afford to leave personal study to chance, doing it when we feel that we have the time. By sticking to a regular routine of study, we can keep our faith strong.

Unlike "the wisse and intellectual ones" of this world, we have solid faith based on God's Word.  (Matthew 11:25, 26)  As a result of our study of that sacred volume, we know why conditions on earth are deteriorating and what Jehovah is going to do about it.  So let us be determined to strengthen  our faith and to help as many as possible to have faith in our Creator.  (1 Timothy 11:25, 26)  And let us continue to look forward to the time when all alive on earth will echo the words of  (Revelation  4:11) :  "You  are worthy, O Jehovah our God, our God to receive the glory  . . . becasuse you created all things." 

Next time: Fine Joy in the Privileges You Have

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