“Light from on high”
– Luk 1:78 (AMP)
Works of Faith
The power of God’s Word is what sustains and directs all life on earth (Heb 1:3…upholding all things by the word of His power). Had it not been for that, mankind would have had no hope and evil would have been rampant in all spheres of life! Even God’s own people are held together in the hollow of His hand.
Tiresome labour was the result of sin entering our world, but the Christian’s walk involves a “labour of love”. We live and walk by faith – not works. It is faith that pleases God (Heb 11:6) and all we do otherwise falls under the curse. Man’s own works can be likened to works of “wood, hay, and straw” – materials that are subjected to decay. Works done by faith in God’s sustaining power (faith in the promises of His Word) are likened unto “gold, silver and precious stones”. Meditate on the following portion of Scripture:
1 Cor 3:12-16 “Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Let our lives build an eternal dwelling place for God in the spirit. May we all experience the deepest of blessings as we put our faith and energy in our unfailing God.
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