Today’s Scripture: Revelation 2:10

“Be faithful unto death.”

For growing in faithfulness, the first step is to acknowledge the biblical standard. Faithfulness entails absolute honesty, utter dependability, and unswerving loyalty. It’s to be like Daniel: neither corrupt nor negligent. Develop convictions consistent with this standard based on the Word of God, and plan to memorize one or more verses on the topic of faithfulness.

Second, evaluate your life with the aid of the Holy Spirit and perhaps a spouse or close friend. Do you seek to be scrupulously honest? Can others depend on you even when it’s costly? Will you stick by your friend when he’s in difficulty, and confront him in love when he’s wrong?

Where you see a specific need in your life for faithfulness, make that both a matter of prayer for the aid of the Holy Spirit and the object of concrete actions on your part. Remember that your working and his working are coextensive. You cannot become a faithful person merely by trying. There’s a divine dimension. But it’s also true that you won’t become a faithful person without trying. This is something we must do, even though it’s at the same time the fruit of the Spirit.

Consider the reward for faithfulness. In the parable of the talents, the master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” (Matthew 25:21, NIV). The faithfulness here is in our relation to God—but faithfulness to God includes faithfulness to one another. God requires that we be faithful in all our earthly relationships. Only if we seek to grow in the grace of faithfulness toward one another will we have any hope of hearing him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

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