For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. Hebrews 6:10-14
I posted a quote this weekend that certainly applies at all times, “be a blessing to someone whether by word or deed.” This should be something that's automatic to us as believers, something that is done at all times. We should be a representation of love and consider ourselves life changers. We never know who we will meet or what circumstance we’ll encounter that will put us face to face with someone who will need encouragement, a word or just an act of kindness that could make all the difference in the world. Some of us are born with a gift to be givers, helpers, or lovers of others and we don’t have to pumped or primed to do what comes naturally. In any case, whatever we do must be done in love and from our heart even unto those who are of the household of faith, the saints. Be kindly affectioned, loving, caring, fond, one to another with brotherly (and sisterly) love; in honor preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality (Rom 12). I think we forget that our ministry, our labor of love really starts at home.
This passage of scripture tells us that God is not unjust to forget us, our work or our labor of love that we have done in His name and for His glory. We can’t get weary because of our well doing and think that it doesn’t matter to God or that He is not pleased or concerned because we are not seeing the results we want. This serves as a reminder that He sees our labor, both large and small and He said in His Word that He would not forget. He desires that we should continue on and in the same vein of diligence to the end to the greatest extent and with the highest degree of assurance of hope; having confidence, along with the faith and the endurance to run on to inherit the promises of God. We cannot lose hope, or be slothful, lazy or inactive; we cannot become less or give anything less than what we've been giving of ourselves. We must continue on with fervency! The Spirit of God gives us the inspiration we need in order to run on to see what the ends going to be… while keeping us mindful of our future glory!
This is our word of encouragement for today … Surely, definitely, positively, undoubtedly, certainly, without hesitation and without fail, God promised to bless and multiply us! However, we must stay on the path and continue to work, being good stewards both in word and in deed; because obedience brings about the blessings! Abraham knew about being obedient, he was also a man of great faith. He believed God and because of that, God promised Abraham and then He swore by His own self (now that's saying something!) The good news... this promise was not just given to Abraham but to us as well. You can be confident today and from this day forward that the Lord has promised and said, “Surely, I will bless and multiply you!!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
I posted a quote this weekend that certainly applies at all times, “be a blessing to someone whether by word or deed.” This should be something that's automatic to us as believers, something that is done at all times. We should be a representation of love and consider ourselves life changers. We never know who we will meet or what circumstance we’ll encounter that will put us face to face with someone who will need encouragement, a word or just an act of kindness that could make all the difference in the world. Some of us are born with a gift to be givers, helpers, or lovers of others and we don’t have to pumped or primed to do what comes naturally. In any case, whatever we do must be done in love and from our heart even unto those who are of the household of faith, the saints. Be kindly affectioned, loving, caring, fond, one to another with brotherly (and sisterly) love; in honor preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality (Rom 12). I think we forget that our ministry, our labor of love really starts at home.
This passage of scripture tells us that God is not unjust to forget us, our work or our labor of love that we have done in His name and for His glory. We can’t get weary because of our well doing and think that it doesn’t matter to God or that He is not pleased or concerned because we are not seeing the results we want. This serves as a reminder that He sees our labor, both large and small and He said in His Word that He would not forget. He desires that we should continue on and in the same vein of diligence to the end to the greatest extent and with the highest degree of assurance of hope; having confidence, along with the faith and the endurance to run on to inherit the promises of God. We cannot lose hope, or be slothful, lazy or inactive; we cannot become less or give anything less than what we've been giving of ourselves. We must continue on with fervency! The Spirit of God gives us the inspiration we need in order to run on to see what the ends going to be… while keeping us mindful of our future glory!
This is our word of encouragement for today … Surely, definitely, positively, undoubtedly, certainly, without hesitation and without fail, God promised to bless and multiply us! However, we must stay on the path and continue to work, being good stewards both in word and in deed; because obedience brings about the blessings! Abraham knew about being obedient, he was also a man of great faith. He believed God and because of that, God promised Abraham and then He swore by His own self (now that's saying something!) The good news... this promise was not just given to Abraham but to us as well. You can be confident today and from this day forward that the Lord has promised and said, “Surely, I will bless and multiply you!!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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