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         (Dad:) Folks, I've always taught you that if you're faithful to the Lord, He'll be faithful to you. If you're faithful to look to Him, if you're faithful to read His Word, if you're faithful to get out and preach the Gospel, if you're faithful to love, if you're faithful to witness, the Lord will be faithful to you. He's never let you down all these years, and He's not about to do so now.
         But you have to do your part. Are you reading the Word? Are you obeying the Word? Are you taking time with the Lord? Are you taking time to pour out the Word on others? To preach the Gospel? To fulfill your mission? If you're doing these things, I know the Lord won't fail you. He can't, because He's promised it in His Word. He's promised, and He can't break His Word.
         I know for a fact that if you're faithful to Him, He'll be faithful to you! If you just take these small steps--the step of obedience, the step of faith--then He'll do all the rest. He'll take the bigger steps, the ones that you feel you can't take. But He expects you to take the small steps of obedience and faith. Without those He can't take the bigger steps for you--the steps of overcoming the problems, of getting over the mountains, of overcoming the obstacles. Only He can do that.
         You have to take the small steps of faith and obedience so that He can take you the rest of the way. Because if you just stand still and expect the Lord to do everything without even having any obedience or faith, then you're not going to get very far. He expects you to do your part, and then He'll do the rest! (ML #3073).



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