The Seriousness of Being Unfaithful | John Giftah | Inspirational Christian Sermon

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0:43 Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. When we talk about the aspect of being faithful, when we often say you know, you need to be faithful whenever God has placed you in the season God has placed you, and say, you know, if you're doing your course in your school, in your college, you need to be faithful in that, going the extra mile, work really hard, and all of those things. Or even if God has assigned you to be in a job, be faithful in that workplace, even if that's not what you want to do, even if that's not your ultimate call.

1:17 Be faithful wherever God has placed you. Be faithful even if you start your ministry or a YouTube channel or a podcast, or wherever God has placed you, be faithful in that, even if you're part of this church ministry, be faithful in every single aspect. Because one of the corners Stone scriptures that we often quote is from the New Testament where it says, you know where you know, if you can't be faithful in the little, you know God can't entrust you with more, So be faithful in the little so that you can trust you with more.

1:45 But that's true, yes, you know, that's that's something that you need to look at because if you really need to move forward, if you really need to now progress in your life, you need to be faithful. There's no doubt about it. But sometimes people can get into a place of complacency and say, oh, you know what, it's okay, I don't need anything more. I'm just going to survive through life. I'm just going to make it through life, so it's okay if I'm not faithful. Well, I want to share a scripturevide and I want to take this forward and it's found in First Chronicles, chapter ten, verse thirteen, and this is what it says, and I'm reading to you from the n LT version and it says, so, Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord.

2:23 Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. And the scripture goes on to talk about Saul and it says in the next couple of lines, he failed to obey the Lord's command and he even consulted a medium instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So yeah, there's two parts to it. It talks about how he did not obey the Lord, and he also went into the negative aspects like evil, total evil, like you know, going after you know, a medium for asking for guidance and so of asking the Lord. So that's another message altogether.

3:01 I don't want to focus on that in this message, but the first thing it says is that the reason he died was because he was unfaithful to the Lord. You see, guys, there's so much of seriousness involved when it comes to being unfaithful to the Lord, unfaithful to what God has asked you to do, unfaithful to what God has assigned you for. You have to understand it's not something you can just like, you know what, it's okay if I'm not that faithful. You know, God has blessed me. You know, you have to understand you can never be invincible.

3:31 You should never think that you know what I have the call of God. This is something the Lord was reminding me. And you know when I was reading through in the scripture, Yes, Saul was already anointed to become king. He was the first king in history to become the king of Israel. He was. He was already a history maker. He was. He was somebody you know, anointed, and he was prophesying, and you know he was into the supernatural aspects of God. If you see in the beginning stages, he was somebody who was you know, chosen.

3:59 But you see how much somebody can go away from the Lord, they can be unfaithful to what God has called them to be. Today, I'm asking you this question today. You know, yes, you started off on a good note, but are you still walking on a good note? Are you still in a place where you need to introspect yourself and see whether you're walking in accordance to the will of God, the standard of God? Are you faithful to what God has called you to be? Check yourself, guys, one of the things I often do myself.

4:27 Is this? You know? Even this morning as the Lord was speaking to me, and I thought, you know what, this is a word and I need to introspect God. Am I faithful in my work? Am I faithful in my ministry? Am I faithful in everything I do? Am I faithful to you? Am I just doing this on my own accord? Or am I depending on you? Am I being faithful to what you have called me to be? Or am I being like a Saul who ran away God distracted? Lost focus? He was going hitherto the I know, instead of taking care of the people of God that he was assigned to.

4:58 He he was the king, so the under him where somebody that God had entrusted him with, he had to be faithful to their needs. But he was putting everybody's life is danger because he was getting only about himself. Where he was like, oh my gosh, my determination is to just get rid of David. He lost focus and is jealous. He got the better of him. And what happened. He goes off track and he puts Anti kingdom in jeopardy because he was unfaithful. Think about it, guys, think about it. Even in my ministry.

5:30 I keep asking the Lord Lord, I want you to direct my steps. I want you to help me to be faithful and whenever you place me, even if I don't care how many people are watching, how many people are listening, how many people check out my content, that's up to me. That's not up to me at this point, even if it is a single person or if it's millions of people. I want to make sure that this is my standard, that I'm faithful in that little not because I want more. That that's another thing. You know, when you're faithful in the little God will entrust you with more.

6:01 That's another thing altogether. But I want to be faithful so that you know what I don't lose what I already have because of my unfaithfulness. Like Saul dead, Saul was already a history maker, but instead of focusing on his calling, instead of being faithful to his assignment, he was going off track, and the Bible says that it led him to his death. Today, I want you guys to understand it. There is a seriousness when it comes to being unfaithful. It's not something to be joked about or taken lightly.

6:39 And the Word of God is very clear wherever God has placed you, whether in your school, your workplace, in your church, in any ministry, in your community, in your neighborhood, in your family, are you faithful? Are you faithful? Are you carrying out each role that God has placed in you, every person and that's under you, every person whom you're acquainted with, in every assignment that God has given you? Are you being faithful? Last, but not least? I just want to reinforce and remind you. Sometimes as Christians, we can say, you know what, I'm faithful in the ministry's thinks of God, and then lack that level of faithfulness when it comes to their work heathaches, or you know, their course, their school, their college.

7:29 See, I understand God should take your number one priority. But God is the one who entrusted you with your work. He's the one who entrusted you with your friends in school. And you are to shine your light in the darkness. And so today I'm asking you, are you being faithful in everything that God has placed you? Are you faithful in your work, going the extra mile, being a person of integrity, being faithful even if nobody's watching. Are you faithful in your style, even if nobody is there to want to tell you?

8:02 Are you still being faithful? Think about it, and I pray in the name of Jesus that you will understand the seediousness of being unfaithful and you will strive to be like Jesus and be faithful. Amen, God bless you. You've been listening to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We hope you were blessed and inspired to live the life that God has for you. Make sure to subscribe to the John gifted YouTube channel for regular uploads of sermons, skits, interviews and more. Follow John Gifta on Instagram for regular inspirational posts, and don't forget to check out the best selling books written by John Gifta, Who Am I which will help you understand your identity and the latest number one bestseller Unveil your Purpose, helping you discover your purpose and to start walking in it.

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