4th November 2025

God's Faithfulness

Have faith in God”  

John 11:22

Today's Bible Reading: Mark 11:20-26.

Some of the words that the Lord Jesus used to His disciples about having faith in God leave me wondering if I can ever exercise that level of trust and confidence in prayer. I cannot recall telling a mountain to relocate itself into the sea and watching it happen.

Hudson Taylor, pioneer missionary to China, said that the Lord's words in Mark 11:22, “Have faith in God,” could be translated, “Hold on to the faithfulness of God.”

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, former minister at London’s Westminster Chapel, appreciated Taylor’s insight and said: “Faith is holding on to the faithfulness of God and, as long as you do that, you cannot go wrong. Faith does not look at the difficulties. . . . Faith does not look at itself or at the person who is exercising it. Faith looks at God . . . . Faith is interested in God only, and it talks about God and it praises God and it extols the virtues of God. The measure of the strength of a man’s faith, always, is ultimately the measure of his knowledge of God. . . . He knows God so well that he can rest on the knowledge. And it is the prayers of such a man that are answered.”

“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations” (Ps. 119:89-90). Is your faith in this Faithful God ?

Prayer: My Faithful Lord God, Sometimes life is not always fair, but I thank You, Father, that You are always faithful. In Jesus name. Amen.