Ministers of God--
YOU, ME, all who claim CHRIST!
2Co 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the
ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
distresses,
2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in
labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering,
by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2Co 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by
the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2Co 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and
good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2Co 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying,
and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2Co 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor,
yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
In MUCH patience.
In afflictions.
In necessities.
In distresses.
In stripes.
In imprisonments.
In tumults.
In labors.
In watchings.
In fastings.
By pureness.
By knowledge.
By longsuffering.
By kindness.
By the Holy Ghost.
By love unfeigned.
By word of truth.
By the power of God.
By the armor of
righteousness.
By honor.
By dishonor.
By evil report.
By good report.
As deceivers.
As true.
As unknown.
As yet well known.
As dying.
As chastened- not
killed.
As sorrowful- always
rejoicing.
As poor- making many
rich.
As having nothing-
yet possessing all things.
I'm still caught up
on having nothing - yet possessing all things.
We possess ALL things when we have nothing.
Mat 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and
steal:
Mat 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal:
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also
As ministers of God,
as those who have Jesus Christ as their Savior, we will PUT our treasures in
HEAVEN.
Name one earthly
material possession that moths and rust won't touch, name a single possession a
thief won't steal. You might be able to
name lots that moths won't bother, and rust never tarnishes, but a thief can steal
absolutely ANYTHING material, anything tangible. If our treasures are not where a thief can
get them they have to be in heaven and they have to be of things not tangible,
or not reachable by anyone.
Where are the things
we would hate to lose? Where are the things we would not want stolen?
Where does our heart
lie?
Our lives reveal the
truth. How we behave reveals the truth. And honestly how others see us reveals
the truth. I'm not saying everyone can know everything about us so the way we
see others and they see us is only a small part of who we are, but it matters.
We know good from
evil and we choose to follow one or the other in a lot of ways.
Only by the GRACE of
God may we choose good- choose GOD over evil in ALL things!
May we have NOTHING,
but POSSESS all things through our SAVIOR, having HIM, having eternal life IN
HIM, through HIM, by HIM!
Please Father,
please help us be YOURS as the world and the prince of this world fights
against this in so many ways.
In Jesus' name
always!
Amen.
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