Thoughts for another day

Jan. 29, 2014.

Today's verse: Philip. 3:10. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Every Christian person who is a true follower of Christ, even if blessed with tons of wealth and riches has to, at one point of time or other, leave them all behind and get involved in the work of the Lord for that is His Majesty’s command.  It’s no advice nor choice, but a clear demand to get into the field and sow the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Today, the field is ripe as it was when Jesus said, Luke 10:2, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.’  God is looking to see who will go and reap.  In some places we need to sow and in other places we need to reap for surely the harvest is great and we’re laborers in the vineyard of the Lord.  In course of time, He will reward us for we did His work and as He says, every worker deserves his wages.  The same power that resurrected Jesus will work in us when we obey God’s will.

It’s in doing His work after forgetting self that we’re fit to be in the choice place God has prepared for us.  And when we’re sincere in going about God’s business, the evil one will come to disturb and get us beaten or even killed.  It’s only when persecuted that we can truly say the Lord is working in us for it’s His confirmation that our work is bringing in souls into the Kingdom and the devil seethes in rage and persecutes us and we must remember, only efficacious work in God’s vineyard results in severe persecution.  We’re people who want to share in Jesus’ suffering so that we learn to obey God and also know what the Lord went through in His wonderful salvific work for us and by being with Him in His work, we can rest assured that we’ll be with Him in eternal life.