2 Corinthians 5:9
"Wherefore we labor, that whether"
"Present or absent, we may be"
"Accepted of Him"
Wherefore we labor; It means holding our self to the high ideal year in and year out, not being ambitious to win souls or to establish churches or to have revivals, but being ambitious only to be "accepted of Him." It is not lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but lack of laboring to keep the ideal right. We should always take count before God and see whether we are keeping our life up to the standard He wishes.
Any ambition in the smallest degree away from the "approval of God" may end in our being castaways. We must learn where the ambition leads, and we will see why it is so necessary to live facing the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul says; "Lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should not be a castaway." (1 Corinthians 9:27). We must learn to relate everything to God and not our ambitions. Our worth to God is what we are in private. Is it your goal to please Him and be acceptable to Him, or is it something less?
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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