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作为牧师、作家和教师的查克·斯温多尔说过，人生中许多最重要的问题都只有一个答案。在体育、销售或任何技术性工作中取得成功的人有什么特点？商业中什么品质能比其他任何品质更深地建立起尊重？是什么给人际关系带来安全感？是什么让我们选择一个品牌而不是其他品牌？所有这些问题的答案都是：一致性，或者说忠诚、信实。

信实在生活的方方面面都很宝贵：家庭、商业、友谊和教会中。然而，遗憾的是，我们并不是很擅长于此。我们许下承诺，但很快就放弃了。即使我们下定决心要做出改变，也不能贯彻到底。单靠我们自己很难做到信实。我们需要圣灵的帮助，神总是信实的。

在希伯来书第十一章中，我们发现许多对神有信心的人的例子，他们忠心地相信神的应许。他们的生命就是忠心的榜样。他们知道自己的一切都要依靠神，他们看到神信实地供应他们——即使到他们死的时候，神的一些应许还未实现。

如果你有信心，神就呼召你做一个信实的人。那是属灵的生命品质。主是信实的，祂应许将我们所需要的忠心都赐给我们。

Chuck Swindoll, a pastor, author, and teacher, has said that many of the most important questions in life have one answer. What characterizes people who tend to be successful in sports, sales, or any skilled job? What quality in business builds respect deeper than any other? What brings security in relationships? What makes us choose one brand name over others? The answer to all of these questions is consistency, or faithfulness.

Faithfulness is a valuable commodity in every walk of life: in the family, business, friendship, and the church. Yet, tragically, faithfulness is something we are not always good at. We make resolutions and soon give up on them. We fail to follow through even if we are determined to make a change. It's hard to be faithful on our own. We need the help of the Spirit of God, who is always faithful.

In Hebrews 11 we find many examples of people who had faith in God and who faithfully believed in God's promises. Their lives were examples of faithfulness. They knew that they depended on God for everything, and they saw that God faithfully provided for them—even if some of God's promises were not fulfilled by the time they died.

If you are a person of faith, God calls you to be a person of faithfulness. That is life in the Spirit. The Lord, who is faithful, promises to give us all the faithfulness we need.