Hope for enlargement!
Verse for Today: Friday, February 01, 2013
Psalms 115:14 – May the Lord
make you increase, both you and your children.
Those who serve the world and its
interests most often lose what is precious to get some temporal gains. Every
success in this world is temporal and there is a loss waiting for them on their
pathway just a few moments away. Our health, wealth, peace, rest, fame and prestige
wane and wax away as days go by. But those who serve God experience increase
and enlargement of their investment in heaven, enjoyment of spiritual blessings,
impact in other lives and spiritual territories for generations to come. These spiritual gains are not their making
through human efforts and worldly resources, but the handiwork of their Lord
who operates through them to accomplish His purpose. They might be looked upon
as failures in this world according to its standards of success. They may be
paupers in this world with nothing to claim on their own. But each day they
work for the eternal kingdom of their Lord and King which will never perish or
dwindle. The spiritual impact God’s children make in this world stretches to
generations to come. The legacy of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, David,
Nehemiah, Ruth and other household of faith continues to expand even today. But
there is nothing good to say about the lifestyle left behind by Cain, Nimrod, Lot,
Gehazi, Nebuchadnezzar, Sanballat, Tobias, Pilate, Herod, Alexander the
coppersmith, Demas and such others. Sometimes we may not see immediate results
of our toil for our Lord. But when we plant a seed for the Lord, it will
germinate in His time as He pours the power of His strength on it. Even after
we are gone, the seeds will grow and fruit into future generations. Yes, it is
the Lord who makes our efforts increase in geometric proportions if we toil
hard for Him. He will give us generations to follow our faith because of His
faithfulness.
Dear friend, are you discouraged
that you don’t see immediate impact of your toil for the Lord? Remember, the sower
will have to wait for some time before the crop comes up and matures to produce
grain. When God enables you to minister
on His behalf, it will never go waste. When you build up character after the
Lord and His Word, it will be increased in stature and testimony by the Lord.
He wants you to hide behind the cross and sow the seeds which are entrusted
with you. Perhaps no one will recognize your toil for the Lord. Perhaps there
are people who try to obstruct and hinder your life for the Lord. There will be
sharp stones, glass pieces, thorns and thistles on your way because you are
walking the Calvary Road. You might be gasping because of the heaviness of the old
rugged cross of rebuke, mockery, ridicule, false accusations and unkind
criticisms you carry on your shoulders. The weather in the world might not be
favorable. You might be lonely on the way and your eyes might be blurred
because of the flood of tears. Still the promise of the Lord is for you to hold
tight as you walk along because He is working to give you blessed increase now
and in the future. One of these days, Heaven’s victory stand will open when our
work on the earth will be recognized and appreciated. At that great camp
meeting, you will be able to see the true results of your toil for the Lord. You
will meet those whose lives the Lord has enabled you to touch. So let us today
march forward with one hand at the plow and wipe our tears with the other to
sow the seeds and toil for our Master who toiled for us all the way from Gethsemane
through Gabbatha to Golgotha.
Psalms 126: 6 – He who goes
out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying
sheaves with him.
Thought for Today
All our losses and failures in this life will be compensated with the
manifold increase our Lord will grant us in the spiritual realm.
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