Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Oh Friends, what wonderful words of faith and encouragement from Bruh Paul! ‘All things work together for good to them that love God.’ Hallelujah! Sing His Praises People! It’s the backbone of our Faith; Jesus’ first commandment; To LOVE God. And God is always working all things together for good because that’s His very nature. However, those of us who LOVE Him can appreciate this fact more than others since we love Him unconditionally, regardless of what happens, we will always LOVE Him. As Cousin Job staunchly declares; ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.’ (Job 13:15-16) Yes people! That’s how we ought to LOVE and revere our God; putting no one else before Him. We can trust Him to take the bad things of life and turn them to good, cause that’s what He’s promised, and we know for a fact, that He who promised is ever faithful. Now in Today’s Bit, Bruh Paul made two distinctions. The first is a generalization re the body of humans that simply LOVE God. That’s fine and wonderful, for we all do. But the second part, ‘to them who are the called according to his purpose,’ denotes a higher, more spiritual relationship, as he outlines to Timothy. ‘But be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.’ (2 Tim.1:8-9) Yes Friends, we are all called to be God’s children; to LOVE, honour and obey Him, but some, like the priests and prophets, have been specially chosen by Him to work on a higher spiritual level than us mere mortals. Their responsibility is to convey God’s messages to and from the people, teaching the Word, guiding the lost, empathizing with the lonely and mournful, uplifting the weak of faith and generally looking after God’s affairs on earth. That requires somewhat more fortitude and knowledge than just being an ordinary member of the family. But people, that doesn’t let us off the hook, it doesn’t allow us to say; ‘Ah well, we don’t have a higher calling, so we don’t need to worry. We’ll just live our lives, simply rolling along with the tumbling tumbleweed.’ Wrong Friends! We all have a higher calling, even as an ordinary foot soldier, for the Lord has placed, in each of our hearts, a special job that He wants us to do right here on Mother Earth. All the tasks aren’t glamorous, but all are important, else He would not ask us to do them. Recall the story of how all the body parts wanted to be the boss, even the rear end, and the pretty parts laughed him to scorn. But when he closed off his pathway, all the pretty parts got sick and faltered. So don’t judge by outward appearances, all that glitters is not gold. Everybody can’t be the leader, and everything God’s made has it’s purpose, even us humble foot soldiers. Yes Friends, the leaders give directions, but it’s the ordinary foot soldiers who do the actual fighting in the muddy, bloody trenches. And believe me, it’s down in those trenches that the battles are won. So whatever our calling, be it foot soldier or spiritual leader, let’s go out there and do it to the best of our ability. Much LOVE!…be it humble or glamorous…God’s calling…must be taken seriously…
Oh Friends, what wonderful words of faith and encouragement from Bruh Paul! ‘All things work together for good to them that love God.’ Hallelujah! Sing His Praises People! It’s the backbone of our Faith; Jesus’ first commandment; To LOVE God. And God is always working all things together for good because that’s His very nature. However, those of us who LOVE Him can appreciate this fact more than others since we love Him unconditionally, regardless of what happens, we will always LOVE Him. As Cousin Job staunchly declares; ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.’ (Job 13:15-16) Yes people! That’s how we ought to LOVE and revere our God; putting no one else before Him. We can trust Him to take the bad things of life and turn them to good, cause that’s what He’s promised, and we know for a fact, that He who promised is ever faithful. Now in Today’s Bit, Bruh Paul made two distinctions. The first is a generalization re the body of humans that simply LOVE God. That’s fine and wonderful, for we all do. But the second part, ‘to them who are the called according to his purpose,’ denotes a higher, more spiritual relationship, as he outlines to Timothy. ‘But be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.’ (2 Tim.1:8-9) Yes Friends, we are all called to be God’s children; to LOVE, honour and obey Him, but some, like the priests and prophets, have been specially chosen by Him to work on a higher spiritual level than us mere mortals. Their responsibility is to convey God’s messages to and from the people, teaching the Word, guiding the lost, empathizing with the lonely and mournful, uplifting the weak of faith and generally looking after God’s affairs on earth. That requires somewhat more fortitude and knowledge than just being an ordinary member of the family. But people, that doesn’t let us off the hook, it doesn’t allow us to say; ‘Ah well, we don’t have a higher calling, so we don’t need to worry. We’ll just live our lives, simply rolling along with the tumbling tumbleweed.’ Wrong Friends! We all have a higher calling, even as an ordinary foot soldier, for the Lord has placed, in each of our hearts, a special job that He wants us to do right here on Mother Earth. All the tasks aren’t glamorous, but all are important, else He would not ask us to do them. Recall the story of how all the body parts wanted to be the boss, even the rear end, and the pretty parts laughed him to scorn. But when he closed off his pathway, all the pretty parts got sick and faltered. So don’t judge by outward appearances, all that glitters is not gold. Everybody can’t be the leader, and everything God’s made has it’s purpose, even us humble foot soldiers. Yes Friends, the leaders give directions, but it’s the ordinary foot soldiers who do the actual fighting in the muddy, bloody trenches. And believe me, it’s down in those trenches that the battles are won. So whatever our calling, be it foot soldier or spiritual leader, let’s go out there and do it to the best of our ability. Much LOVE!…be it humble or glamorous…God’s calling…must be taken seriously…
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