Are You Firm?

For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.

Colossians 2:5 NIV

When I worked in construction we would occasionally help other crews raise a few walls. When you build a house in the mountains you build the walls lying down with the windows and siding all ready on. You place metal straps on the bottom near the edge to keep the wall from sliding off the building. Then everyone takes a place near the top of the wall (that is lying down) and on the word of the foreman everyone lifts the wall and pushes it up to its plumb position. The foreman would always yell, "If a strap breaks you better not run! Hold on and keep pushing!" One time not only did one of the straps break, but the crew had only placed three straps on a pretty big wall, so, many choice words were offered, but we held firm and kept pushing to get the wall up and in place. 

As Christians we need to hold firm together, each one doing his own part. When something goes wrong, you persevere and press on. We must stay disciplined even when we don't feel like it. Too often we look to our emotions to decide if we should do something. Do you decide if you should do something (anything from reading the Bible to serving others, from telling the truth to remaining faithful to your spouse) based upon how it makes you feel or upon what you know is true according the to Bible? Being firm in your faith is all about doing what is right, because God says it is, even if you don't get an immediate reward out of it. Being firm in your faith is doing what is right by faith and trusting Christ with the results. 

 Christ is faithful and he will bring you through whatever you are going through. Trust him and do what you know is right in Christ and leave the results up to him.