The word for today is - Vain !

Good morning,

The word for today is - Vain !

 

The question is, do you know that your living is not in vain? Read Deuteronomy 28:1-10, And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself,as he hath sworn unto thee,if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God,and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. People shall see that the Lord is with thy! We need strong people to do the will of God. You and I know that a nation is only as strong as the people that make up that nation. So, people need to be strong in the Lord, we also know that a church is only as strong as the members and leader who make up the church.The bible says, in Psalm 1:1-6,Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. As you know from your Bible history, Solomon was a great king and he was the son of King David. The thing which probably characterized his administration was the fact that he was the one selected to build the temple in the Old Testament. Solomon was a man who understood building. He understood what was involved in building. For instance, Solomon would surely understand that building is hard work. It's not an easy thing to build. If you have a construction project there is hard work involved,so we need the help of the God (his Spirit) in everything that we put our hands to do. Thats in the Spirit of love. Lets read 1 Corinthians 15:58, Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. It's hard work to build a business. Businessmen know it is hard work,and it takes long hours. It takes financial sacrifice, it takes extensive training, if you are going to build a good business. If it takes all that time and effort to build a business, we should not think for a minute that somehow marriage and family are just going to automatically work and it won't take a lot of work. So, if you are going to build anything ,it is important to have a good general contractor to build it. Do you have the best contractor building for you or in you. You have to understand that, unless Jesus Christ is the general contractor in your life everything will fall. If you have a God-oriented foundation, if you get your convictions and values and standards and directions from what God has revealed in the Bible, then you will have a proper authority in your family or your business. You see it takes oneness, God must be the first and final authority upon which the home is built ! The work of the Lord is obedience to his holy word; every believer in Christ is a workman of God. He that works not, to bring glory to God and good to man, is not acknowledged as a servant of Christ; and if he be not a servant, he is not a son; and if he is not a son, then he is not an heir of the kingdom. And he must not only work, but abound in that work, then you will know that your living is not in vain ! Thank you Lord for your word. Amen !