She was a vibrant young teenager, but she had a premonition she'd never
live to see 20 years of age. Rachel Scott was popular at her high
school, even though her witness for Christ wasn't always well received.
Two students who hated her were Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. She had
talked to them and tried to persuade them to stop doing all the weird
things they were doing. During the week of Easter, both boys entered
Rachel's school and started shooting. Before approaching her, they
killed another student who was witnessing about his faith. Then they
shot Rachel in the leg and back. Realizing she was still alive, Harris
walked over to her and asked, "Do you still believe in God?" Before he
delivered the final shots that ended her life, she said, "You know I
do."
I'm not sure how old the psalmist was when he wrote these
words, but he obviously had lived long enough to observe God's
faithfulness. And I suppose he must have read and heard about his
faithfulness as well. Friends, parents, grandparents. They'd all
experienced God's faithfulness and lived to tell him about it.
I
too have a heritage of hearing about and experiencing God's
faithfulness. I watched as both of my great-grandmothers witnessed of
God's faithfulness. Two of my grandparents also showed me God's
faithfulness and told me many stories to support it. Both of my parents
testified to me of God's faithfulness and lived out that belief day by
day. I did the same with my two children, and hopefully they will do the
same with their children.
I've read of God's faithfulness in the
historical stories of the Bible and other Christian literature. I've
witnessed it in the lives of hundreds of others. God was faithful
yesterday, he is today, and he will be for as many years as I live.
Faithful to fulfill every one of his promises he makes to his children
in his Word. He has to be. Not to would contradict his very nature.
Are you experiencing God's faithfulness in Your life?
Prayer:
Father, thank You for Your faithfulness to us. Enable us to be as
faithful to You.
Martin Wiles
Hodges, South Carolina, USA
