11月14日
标 题： 神是信实的
经 节： 那召你们的本是信实的，祂必成就这事。（帖撒罗尼迦前书五章24节）
神从来没有呼召我们去做任何事情，却不持守祂自己说过的话，他不会不给我们足够能力的去完成他要你去做的事。我们并不总是信实地去做神所呼召我们做的事，但神仍然是信实的，总是持守自己的话，实践祂的应许（以赛亚书四十六：11）。
当以色列儿女走到红海岸边的时候，他们可能以为神已经放弃当初所赐的应许。大海阻碍了他们的前进，而残暴的埃及军队正在后面追赶，要击杀他们！然而，诚如神一直是如此，神在这里证明自己是绝对信实的，对神的儿女持守他自己的每一句话。
神可能已经告诉你，要你去做一件特别的事，比如说，教会的某一项事工、教养儿女的方式、执行工作的作法。你已经顺服神，但现在你正面对着红海。你所想像神要成就的事，似乎没有发生。你的事工并没有如期展开、你的儿女可能很叛逆，或者，你的同事挑剔你的作法。但是要相信神的属性，祂是信实的。诗人表达出神百姓在历代以来的见证，诗篇里面说：“我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔讨饭。”（诗篇卅七：25）
不管环境多么的凄惨，不要失去盼望。从来没有人遭遇神不信实的对待！神给时间向你显示祂的信实。有一天你将明白神的工，并且赞美祂对你完全信实。
God Is Faithful
He who calls you
is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24)
God never calls us to do anything without faithfully keeping His word
and enabling us to do it. We are not always faithful to do what God tells us,
but He remains faithful and stands by His word to fulfill what He has promised
(Isa. 46:11).
When the children of Israel reached the Red Sea, they might have
concluded that God had abandoned His promise to them. The sea was barring their
advance, and the murderous Egyptian army was racing to overtake them! Yet God
proved then, as He has ever since, that He is absolutely faithful to every word
He speaks to His children.
God may have spoken to you about something in particular—a ministry in
your church, the way to raise your children, or what you should do in your job.
You have obeyed Him, but now you face a Red Sea experience. It seems that what
you thought God wanted to accomplish is not happening. Perhaps your ministry has
not been well received, or your children are rebelling, or those at your
workplace are criticizing your actions. Trust in the character of God. It is
His nature to be faithful. The testimony of His people throughout the ages is
expressed by the psalmist, who declared: “I have been young, and now I am old;
/ Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, / Nor his descendants begging
bread” (Ps. 37:25).
Regardless of how bleak your present circumstances are, do not lose
hope. No one has ever experienced unfaithfulness on God’s part! Allow time for
God to reveal His faithfulness to you. Someday you will reflect on what God has
done and praise Him for His absolute faithfulness to you.
