"What did you say??!!"
I said, WORK, with NO thought of reward.
Wow, that's so "bohemian".
Nah, it's CHRISTIAN, not bohemian.
It's the right way to work, if you are really CHRIST's own.
"But how am I going to make money?" you'd probably pout, and wail.
How about just working for the GLORY of GOD, with no thought of how He'll reward you?
Or how your office, or profession will reward you?
Just SERVE, because it feels right, and good, to do so.
'You're nuts!" you're telling me now.
And I'll say, a resounding "YES!"
For, you see, when you have become CHRIST's own, money loses its addicting importance.
Huh?
Come again?
You heard me.
God has control over EVERYTHING.
Be not surprised that one day, He may just take away everything we have.
He did that to me.
That's why I can speak of it.
I didn't panic.
But I sure had a very difficult time.
For a very long time.
Until I surrendered EVERYTHING to Him a day before my birthday last year.
And that's when the invaluable, real life lessons began.
Sure, my finances will probably be forever in the "red".
But my LOVE for GOD is forever in the "GREEN" -- a GO light.
We all need to be humbled.
We forget God, and God makes sure we don't.
Thing is, when you begin to understand the ways of God, the concept of money didn't seem to matter anymore.
You're not working for money anymore.
You're working to get things right in your heart, with JESUS guiding you -- every step of the way.
GOD designs the work we are meant to do.
I won't tell you about my very long journey getting here, and the dozens of jobs I had, with the objective of finding that one, elusive job.
God knew what it was, but I didn't, so I kept trying.
But I loved words, writing, pictures, researching, and teaching.
And I especially bugged God, night and day, for His TRUTH.
He made sure all those formed a cohesive whole today.
This blog is just one of my many other blogs, the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD and I have worked on, guided by the LORD JESUS.
It has no monetary value, but it has GREAT spiritual value, for the blogs aim to remind us of our spiritual heritage, and destiny, in CHRIST.
And because I am COMPLETELY God's own now, I just TRUST the LORD for EVERYTHING.
The idea is to surrender EVERYTHING to GOD.
"Yeah, but how am I going to earn?"
"How am I going to make money?"
"How am I going to feed my family?"
Oh, you of little FAITH, as Jesus said.
Matthew 8:26
King James Version
26 And he saith unto them,
Why are ye fearful,
O ye of little faith?
Then he arose,
and rebuked the winds and the sea;
and there was a great calm.
When you become a true CHRISTIAN, you SURRENDER your will to God.
And you pray to be guided to the work you are MEANT to do.
Of course, it takes great faith, and courage, to do that.
But if you care about your soul, your family, and your life's work, you will get on that path with CHRIST.
Hear the LORD's reassurance:
Matthew 6:33
King James Version
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
Right now, you're probably not even doing the work you're meant to do -- at least by God's books.
Think not God doesn't know what He CREATED you for??
Now, you're crazy.
Can you go out on that limb, not knowing anything -- like a little child -- but ENTRUSTING everything to the LORD?
Do you have that COURAGE?
Getting there, yet?
When you SURRENDER to GOD, you aim to SERVE Him alone.
It's ALL or nothing for God.
Strangely, that's also my philosophy.
He did say:
Matthew 6:24
King James Version
24 No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
You know who "mammon" is, right?
If you know the prince of the world, you'd know who mammon is.
He's the one who rebelled against God, and made all of us nuts, corrupted, disjointed, sinful, and addicted, with the aim of destroying ALL of God's faithful.
Now, the choice should become easy.
Are you FOR, or against GOD?
I created this blog, through the SPIRIT and GRACE of GOD, guided by JESUS, so I can inform you of my SCRIPTURE "findings", which are vital for our survival.
Now you know my choice.
What about you?
WHO do you SERVE?
Can you imagine a world without money?
Whoa -- panic.
But this I tell you now, there may be NO money when CHRIST returns.
All that stash, all those possessions, all that fame, prestige, beauty, popularity, comforts, and luxuries -- can disappear in an instant.
What would really be painful, is if we are not with the people we care for.
Some may be left behind to face the terrible tribulation.
That's why I'm writing you this now, so we can all be together in CHRIST!
"Yeah, but WHEN is THAT?" you're demanding.
"So many have said that, but WHERE is CHRIST?"
"WHEN is He really returning?"
"In the meantime, HOW am I going to feed myself, or my family?"
"How am I going to PAY the BILLS?"
There may not be a world to pay the bills in.
We may be "taken up", at ANY time.
Read "The Most Intriguing Words of Jesus For Me".
Would money matter then?
"Yeah, but it matters now!" you'd insist.
And I say, READ that article again, and take it to heart.
All the things you worry about now, may not even exist, at a TIME of GOD's CHOOSING.
I also implore you:
Work, with no thought of reward, heavenly, or earthly.
Just work, because GOD is in you.
Be in the service of God.
He will tell you what to do.
"Yeah, but a person's got to eat."
JESUS answered that a long time ago.
Luke 12:23
King James Version
23 The life is more than meat,
and the body is more than raiment.
Don't you see, that our lives here are but a "twinkling" in God's eye?
What a thousand years to us, is merely a day to the LORD.
"Yeah, but I'm the one living those years," you claim.
True, but what if JESUS took up His faithful right this moment?
Matthew 24:41
King James Version
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill;
the one shall be taken,
and the other left.
"Yeah, but when would that be?"
Matthew 24:36-39
King James Version
36 But of that day and hour
knoweth no man,
no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noah were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood
they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came,
and took them all away;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
That's why it's important to get right with the LORD now.
Rapture and repentance.
Here's what we have to do:
Matthew 4:17
King James Version
17 From that time Jesus began to preach,
and to say,
Repent:
for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.
Everything we're doing now, thinkingly, or unthinkingly, can be gone in the twinkling of an eye.
Are we awake, or asleep, in our heart?
Have we received the LORD JESUS yet?
Do we care to be born again in water and in Spirit?
Do we care to do work that is of value to God?
Do we have love in our hearts?
Do we really know the WORD of GOD?
Or are we going to continue being the way we are now, not caring if the LORD returned, or not?
Can we really imagine ourselves preferring to live with the enemy of CHRIST in that hell pit -- forever?
We worry too much about things of the world, when we need to focus on things "above".
Just work for the GLORY of GOD, and let Him do the rest.
But first, get right in your heart with God, for the journey will be very exciting, and illuminating.
How do you do that?
SEEK GOD, with all your heart.
PRAY to JESUS, and be SINCERE.
Confess your sins, and ask for forgiveness.
Desire real change in yourself.
Aim to be corrected by the LORD JESUS.
He has asked God to send the HOLY SPIRIT to teach us.
Get right with GOD now, before it's too late.
"Now you're scaring me."
Nothing to be scared about, if you know God's WORDS and PROMISES in the BIBLE for His faithful.
Dear brothers, and sisters, the aim is PERFECTION.
Matthew 5:48
King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
The Holy Spirit will teach you how.
HELPFUL material:
"Is There Hope for the Future?"
"Jesus is the Living Water and the Bread of Life"
"The LORD JESUS Calls Us to REPENTANCE"
"JESUS Gives Us the SIGNS of the END Times"
Updated 12 April 2023
