Dear brothers and sisters,
Loving greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Today let us see about the importance of giving our whole
hearted cooperation with all we have giving our full strength
and mind in serving the lord Jesus Christ. When we love God, the
bible says we must love him with all our heart, mind and soul
as in Mat 22:37, “Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire
mind.'
Apostle Paul and Barnabas had such a good reputation among the
early church believers that they gave their full strength in serving
God and took extreme risks to do the ministry for the lord as
in Acts 15:25 & 26. in the Old testament we read about the
three brave men who have risked their life for the king David.
Since the king longed to drink water from his own well in Jerusalem
at the time of war they risked their life for a man as in 1 Chr.
11:17 to 19, “David longed for water and said, "Oh,
that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near
the gate of Bethlehem!" So the Three broke through the Philistine
lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and
carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead,
he poured it out before the LORD. “God forbid that I should
do this!" he said. "Should I drink the blood of these
men who went at the risk of their lives?" Because they risked
their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were
the exploits of the three mighty men.” The question today
is there are people who can risk their life for the leaders of
this world but who is ready to take risk for the lord Jesus Christ?
When we take extreme risks for the Gospel the disciples whom
we are winning will also definitely follow the lord in the same
way as we see in the life of Priscilla and Aquila following the
foot steps of Paul as in Rom 16:3 to 5, “Greet Priscilla
and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their
lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles
are grateful to them. Greet also the church that meets at their
house.”
Later apostle Paul talks about Epaphroditus who also took lot
of risk for the lord as in Phil 2:25 to 30, “But I think
it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother,
fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger,
whom you sent to take care of my needs. he longs for all of you
and is distressed because you heard he was ill. Indeed he was
ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him
only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore
I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him
again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. Welcome him
in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, because he
almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up
for the help you could not give me.”
May the Lord bless each one of us today to put our heart and
soul in serving the lord. Amen.
Your Web-Site Pastor,
Rev.
Dr. T. Marcus Devasahayam
Web-site: www.barodabibleclub.org
e-mail: marcusbbc@yahoo.com
Mobile: 91-9327243600 ,Church 3096882 / 5540651.
Res : 3, 2nd floor, Arpita Complex, Priyalaxmi Mills Road, Vadodara
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