A Goal For Living

1Timothy 4:9-11  

"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore we 

both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, 

who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
These things command and teach." 

    Salvation is and should always be our goal in living.  Too many people have limited goals in their lives.  They want earthly wealth or fame, perhaps earthly power.  For the child of God, these are puny.  If we were to gain all the wealth in the world, what would we have compared to the glory that will be revealed when Jesus returns?  The gold of the earth is paving material in the new Heaven to come. I think about the times I would brag on how much concrete I had around my house and the backyard.  It was silly then and it is silly now to rejoice about the things of this world.  Our rejoicing should be in the hope of the glory of God!   
    Nothing counts apart from God. Prayer implies that all our gifts and efforts cover only a small part of our efficiency. There are infinite resources in God, which He is waiting to employ in human affairs, and of which we fail to make use. The Christian worker, therefore, must not only labor and strive, but must hope in the living God, whose saving grace is at the disposal of our faith. The faith exercised by the average man results in obtaining only natural things; the supernatural is secured by the faith of those who have made profounder discoveries of God, and can therefore make demands on His resources, which are hidden from the princes of this world. In all Christian service we must set our hope on the living God.  
Amen!!
Reading: (1 Tim. 4:9-16)
Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister R. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry