Do you share Paul’s goal? Is
your aim to please your Lord?
Far too few people have
their hearts set on that, far too few have serving Jesus as their top priority.
They love God with half their heart and half their mind and half their soul and
half their strength. They mostly live to please themselves and they find
preachers who encourage them to focus their efforts and their faith on the
stuff of this world.
The message that is most
popular today is the one that says Jesus wants you to be rich and have all you
want. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, that is not what faith is
about! Faith is about pleasing God and bringing him honor! The things that you
do that bring glory to God now will be the things that you will receive
commendation for when you find yourself at the judgment seat. You will not
receive God’s "Well done, good and faithful servant!" for asking boldly for a
bigger house or a nice car or more money to spend on your wants. His “Well
done” will be spoken to those whose faith led them to do His will not their
own.
Do you believe God is able
to reward those whose devotion is unfaltering? Then live like you believe it! Obey
him! Enjoy him! Serve others! Live by faith, not by sight! Trust God to work
out the things that don’t make sense. Trust God to see you through the
difficult times in your life. Trust God to right every wrong done do you, to
give you grace when you fall, to bless and bless some more. Trust God for all
your life and see how good he is at rewarding those who love him. What you will
receive in eternity from your Father’s hand is far beyond what you can imagine!
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