Seize the Moment – Day 1311
Work for the Hope of a Brighter Future!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, October 19.
Do you believe the best is yet to come, that the glory days are ever before you? That’s the perspective by which I live my life because the alternative mindset hinders my ability to be a hope-bearer of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you believe the glory days are behind you, you will not work for the future with the same passion or conviction. I know how discouraging it is to feel like it doesn’t matter what you do; to be stuck in ground hog day. Hopelessness is an open chest wound that must be addressed immediately. Solomon wrote about this in Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” How do we, as the church of Jesus Christ, keep ourselves from getting “heart sick” after thousands of years of waiting for the Lord’s return?
Paul commanded in Galatians 6:9, “Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.” We are to pass on the faith, as Paul taught in 2 Timothy 2:1-2, “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” Commit yourself to the gospel work, experiencing the good fruit of your labor along the way, one person at a time. Yes, we are waiting eagerly for the Lord’s return, but we are to be trees of life from which people can enjoy the good fruit of faith.
Seize the moment and apply the wisdom of Proverbs 13: work for the hope of a brighter future and you will be a tree of life! You will reap what you sow (Galatians 6:7-9).
God bless you!
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