Holding Fast To God

What is holding fast to God? How do you hold fast to someone you can’t see or touch?

When we read through the Bible and look at the people of God, there a few that stand out. Some because they held fast to God, and some because they didn’t.

Pretty much everyone had heard the accounts of David and Goliath, Samson and Noah, and maybe even Jonah, but they missed Hezekiah.

He is not one who jumps to mind as particularly remarkable, but scripture reveals something very impressive about him.

2 Kings 18:5-7 tells us, “he trusted in the Lord, the God os Israel, is that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following Him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses. And the Lord was with him, whenever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.

Hezekiah was one of a kind among the kings of Israel. Among all of the kings godly and ungodly, he is singled out for this lifestyle.

Its important that we hold fast to God. Hold fast literally means to hold your position, or fix your gaze and not lose sight of. This means that our attention and our actions need to be fixed on God.

We need to obey His instruction, which is the next logical step if our gaze and heart are locked on God.

I remember telling my pastor “I didn’t think I was strong enough to get through these trying times.” He said to me “I needed to trust God and stay in prayer. But trusting God is hard. He asks done pretty big things from those who follow Him.

Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac, David defeated a giant with pebbles, Peter walked on water, and His own Son hung on a cross.

We have to trust Him no matter where He leads us. His love and grace will be enough. It might be hard, and downright painful. But it will also be worth it.

So, if the storms in my life, toss e around a bit, I will not wander from Him when they do. I will stay tightly secured to Him, the world may get my attention, but it cannot woome from His hold. I decided long ago that I would not let satan win -I will not give in.

The Bible tells us that where ever Hezekiah went out, he prospered because God was with him. And then it noted that he would not serve the king of Assyria. This means ho would worship God only, and would not now to an earthly authority that threatened him.

To me this means I need to make sure I don’t have other idols that rule my affections. I need to put God first in my life. This also means I will get to enjoy the benefits of holding fast to God. It might not be earthly riches, but they will be heavenly.