CO-WORKER WITH GOD
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building.--1 Corinthians 3:9
If I know my own heart, it is to do the will of God to the very letter. I am willing to be a pilgrim and a stranger here, for I am seeking a city whose builder and maker is God. It is only for a little while that we shall have to work, and we want to do our work with diligence. We want to make sure of eternal life. We do not want to follow our inclinations or our pleasure, but just do the will of God and wait for His salvation and the final reward.
I have peace and joy in my Saviour. I am looking to the great beyond; and if the Master says, "Well done" [Matthew 25:21], I shall be entirely satisfied. I love Jesus, I love to do His will. I ask not position or honor or ease or convenience. I want to labor together with God, practicing self-denial and self-sacrifice and be a partaker with Christ of His sufferings, that I may be a partaker with Him of His glory....
We should study how to render to God the most perfect service by constantly seeking to reach perfection....
The Christian life is compared to the life of a soldier, and there can be no bribes presented of ease and self-indulgence. The idea that Christian soldiers are to be excused from the conflicts, experiencing no trials, having all temporal comforts to enjoy, and even the luxuries of life, is a farce. The Christian conflict is a battle and a march, calling for endurance.
Difficult work has to be done, and [for all who] enlist as soldiers in Christ's army with these false ideas of pleasantness and ease, and then experience the trials, it often proves fatal to their Christianity. God does not present the reward to those whose whole life in this world has been one of self-indulgence and pleasure. (Letter 62, August 2, 1886)
REFLECTION: What an amazing thought! To be a fellow worker with Christ. We should work with all diligence regardless of what we are asked to do.
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building.--1 Corinthians 3:9
If I know my own heart, it is to do the will of God to the very letter. I am willing to be a pilgrim and a stranger here, for I am seeking a city whose builder and maker is God. It is only for a little while that we shall have to work, and we want to do our work with diligence. We want to make sure of eternal life. We do not want to follow our inclinations or our pleasure, but just do the will of God and wait for His salvation and the final reward.
I have peace and joy in my Saviour. I am looking to the great beyond; and if the Master says, "Well done" [Matthew 25:21], I shall be entirely satisfied. I love Jesus, I love to do His will. I ask not position or honor or ease or convenience. I want to labor together with God, practicing self-denial and self-sacrifice and be a partaker with Christ of His sufferings, that I may be a partaker with Him of His glory....
We should study how to render to God the most perfect service by constantly seeking to reach perfection....
The Christian life is compared to the life of a soldier, and there can be no bribes presented of ease and self-indulgence. The idea that Christian soldiers are to be excused from the conflicts, experiencing no trials, having all temporal comforts to enjoy, and even the luxuries of life, is a farce. The Christian conflict is a battle and a march, calling for endurance.
Difficult work has to be done, and [for all who] enlist as soldiers in Christ's army with these false ideas of pleasantness and ease, and then experience the trials, it often proves fatal to their Christianity. God does not present the reward to those whose whole life in this world has been one of self-indulgence and pleasure. (Letter 62, August 2, 1886)
REFLECTION: What an amazing thought! To be a fellow worker with Christ. We should work with all diligence regardless of what we are asked to do.
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