In today’s verse, God says, “Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.” The Message puts it this way: “If you don’t take your stand in faith, you won’t have a leg to stand on.”
There was a great threat to David’s kingdom and they began to worry. Verse 2 says, “So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm” (NLT).They were fearful but God told the people to calm down and stop worrying. Why? Because nothing was going to become of this threat.
God cannot make us stand firm. Our faith needs to be firm. He has promised us many things, but if we don’t trust in His promises – if we don’t trust His Word, then it does us no good. We have a choice. We can believe. We can trust. We can walk in faith. Or we can worry. We can shake like trees in the wind. He cannot make us stand firm, but he has shown us time and time again that He is faithful, He is loving, and He is in control.
“Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah. Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm” – Isaiah 7:9b [NLT]
Tania Gutekunst 