When we hear the word “unfaithful” today, it is usually in the context of adultery. When we hear someone say, “He was unfaithful to his wife,” we know it means a husband had an affair with another female. When we hear, “she was
unfaithful to her husband,” we know that that means.

The connotation of the word means a spouse has ceased to have faith in the marriage or relationship and has placed that faith into another person. One morning recently, as I was thinking and praying about my own level of faith—or lack of it—I was struck with the thought that the word “unfaithful” could also be thought of as “un-faith-filled.” When I decide to not place my faith in God in a situation, or choose to not grow or stretch my faith in a way that God may be calling me to, then I am being unfaithful or un-faith-filled in my relationship with Him.

Is it too strong for me to liken myself to an adulterous husband when I am unfaithful to Him? Not really. But the point is not to condemn myself, but to challenge myself to be faithful or faith-filled toward the One that I call my Father, my King.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 says, “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

Be encouraged today, as I am, to know that we will be unfaithful—un-faith-filled—many times, but God will always be faithful to fill us back up by His Spirit when we fail and fall. So, today, may you be faithful in all your relationships and faith-filled in your walk with God.

[author] [author_image timthumb='on']http://www.livebold.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rn_thumb.png[/author_image] [author_info]Robert Noland is founder of 517 Resources and Author of The Knights Code and has been in Christian ministry for over 30 years. Check out more on Robert on his bio pagehere at Live Bold.

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