My Objective
(Revelation 21:7) “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I
will be his God and he will be my son.”
Counting the cost to the Christian calling
is something we all need to consider if we are to become effective for Christ.
For us to become operational in the building of God’s Kingdom we must see our
eternal reward as the ultimate goal of our existence. We must learn to
appropriate this verse to our daily gaits; “Indeed, I count everything as loss
because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I
have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I
may gain Christ.” (Philippians 3:8)
The summons from the only true and living
God must dictate the way we live
from here on in. I realize that this will only ever become apparent when we
understand that call; when we are persuaded that it is God who has called;
regardless of our blunders throughout our lives, if and when God calls will we
obediently respond to His voice. For when we understand that this is the reason
we were born, then it will be well with our soul. Society teaches us to believe
in ourselves but God commissions all to believe in Him; “For the Scripture
says, "Everyone who believes in him will
not be put to shame." (Romans 10:11) – This obviously refers to eternity and not a life
based on time, sadly death seems to be the end for so many and it is hard for
them to think beyond the grave. This is high on Satan’s agenda, to get people
to overlook eternity.
The world
has been duped into believing so many lies that we think, to be smart is to be
covered for retirement at the expense of eternity. Life cover and policies for
our loved ones that we leave behind, how does that help us when we all get our
chance to stand before the Almighty Creator and have to give an account of what
we did for Him with the forgiveness we received in Christ? The essence of this
example was the only man to never concede to the pressure of sin in his life,
that man Jesus, died on a cruel Roman cross, he was put to open shame. But now,
he has a place in heaven which will stretch throughout eternity and his
position secure because of his obedience, his seat reserved at the right of the
Father, Amen! Praise his glorious name
When an athlete trains it is a painful
process but they endure their training so that they may be crowned champion.
Their goal is very specific and it is no different for the Christian we must
learn to lay our lives down so that we too may one day reap our reward, which
is to hear Gods approval when we enter the gates of the New Jerusalem. There is
a grand event coming known to us in scripture as the “marriage feast of the
Lamb”, a wedding ceremony. It is very dress specific and only those adorned
with the correct garments will be allowed to partake. It is a celebration
reserved for the bride of Christ and only those who have their names written in
the Book of Life will be allowed to attend. The invitations have been carefully
selected and have not been penned with ink but with a quill dipped in the blood
of the Lamb. Those selected for this great event must make Him their prized
possession. In order for this to happen we must learn to walk by faith and
place all our dependency upon the Words of God, THE BIBLE! As it is the
treasure map to that beautiful occasion in a glorious land. Study and then
study some more. Be sure of that which has been charted out and leave nothing
to chance. If you have doubts to whether you will eventually arrive in that
magnificent land, do not rest until you hear the voice of God speaking clearly
to you! It is one thing to know that God exists but quite another to be
personally known by Him. Are you convinced that you are on that guest register?
Are you at liberty to converse with Him? Are you sure that you have been
invited? These are questions that you need to be answered with total assurance.
Examine your own hearts…
What is it that drives you? Money, lust,
the pride of life, power; the list is endless or is it the hope that one day
you will hear God speak these words directly to you? “The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I
will be his God and he will be my son.” If this is not your
motivation to life then I would suggest that you rally around those who have
that as their ultimate goal and spend as much time with them as humanly
possible. This is where we will be able to buy the oil for our lanterns that
will be needed when our bridegroom returns to take us home. Without oil in our
lanterns we will miss out and that is something we can all ill afford for it
will have eternal consequences. After now establishing that as imperatively
important; what must ring the loudest is that we’ve been saved from a place of
total devastation, we were doomed for destruction from the time we took our
first breath. “BUT GOD”!
Signing off
Tyrone
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