Morning Thoughts

It becomes a problem when Christianity is made to be a thing about self-gain. To be able to have our own salvation through our works, seeing God as some genie, whatever success we have, we ascribe to our glory... What is the glory of man? So so fleeting, yet we cherish it more.

Why do we not look to the old prophets, the apostles, the early Church? Why do we not look to the sufferings of the early Church and jubilate, as they worked on earth, seeking their rewards in eternity?

Paul, knowing what was ahead, run the race, and said, "Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us." (Rom 8:18).

Could it be that men of today do not know where they are heading as Christians? And do not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? (James 4:4).

Could we not offer our lives as living sacrifices (Rom 12:1) and rhetorically ask, "shall not the lamb that was slain receive the suffering of His reward?"

Or we're to face reality and escape suffering. To face reality and to chase fleeting pleasures. We're big about talking about the vision, making it plain on tablets. What vision is that? That which would grant us a perishable crown/medal or that which would grant us an imperishable crown?

Man thinks of his purpose first as a thing he does to find fulfilment, forgetting he created not his own soul! And that his primary, secondary and tertiary purpose is to live for God.

O, God! Grant us grace, to always see the end, in the beginning, to always see the worth of Heaven. To always see the joy even in persecution, to rejoice knowing you are LORD. What have we but you? We are weaklings. Simply to the cross we should cling and nothing in our hands we brought to Golgotha, but tears of penitence.

All is Yours, Jesus. All is created through You and for You! Yours, Yours, Yours!

Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we seek for a perishable crown when God the Father has promised us an imperishable crown? - Paul Washer

Let our priorities be set right. Until we're called to glory, may we look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faiths, clinging to His cross of sufferings to remember this world is but a fleeting place.

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