Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister”

Not every act of love we do is noticed or even appreciated by others.

In fact sometimes the more we love people the less we are loved ourselves.

Yet today's verse should encourage us.

Every time we express our love for God by serving others God takes note.

He always responds rightly and never forgets.

Today let us not become weary in well doing.

Let us love like Christ loves and be willing to be treated like Christ was treated.  

Let it be enough for us that God sees and is pleased with our expression of love.

Hebrews 4:11 "Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."

The first ten verses of Hebrews 4 focus on the seventh day rest of creation and the rest of the promised land in the book of Joshua. 

In verse 11 we are given both the promise of rest and the necessity of faith. They always go together.

Eternal rest is available to all who accept, by faith, the gift of the gospel of Christ.

Daily rest is accessible to all who accept, by faith, the provision of His presence and power.

Stop trying to come up with all the answers and figure out all the outcomes.

Today let us throw ourselves into the arms of God's truth and find the rest we need.

Colossians 2:9-10 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

The world around us and our hearts within us are constantly looking for something more.

While this searching is not always wrong, it is in fact devastating when it comes to our view of Christ.

In Christ we have all we need. Why? We have God Himself.

We are complete in Him. He is all we need in order for life to work.  

Today, let us rest and rejoice in the reality of Christ’s completeness. Let Him fill our hearts with joy, our lives with purpose and our minds with peace

Nehemiah 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

Nehemiah and company were busy fulfilling God’s will by building the wall of Jerusalem.

Yet as the work progressed so did the opposition. 

It got to the point that the workers had to be prepared to defend themselves at a moment’s notice.

They adapted.

Today are you facing obstacles that are seeking to hinder you from doing God’s will?

Confront the problem correctly.

Ask God how to practically respond to the challenge while at the same time keeping your focus on the calling of God.

KEEP ON BUILDING!

Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it

is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we

should walk in them.

Grace: God working in our hearts detached completely from anything we do. (Rom.11:6)

Faith: Transferring our trust to the blood of Christ for payment for our sins (Eph. 1:7)

Saved: Brought into an eternal relationship with God as His child the moment we trust

Christ as our Savior (John 3, Romans 3:23-25; 6:23; 10:13)

Workmanship: God is working in the lives of each of His children to produce Christ –like

righteousness in their daily lives (Romans 8:28-29)

Today, let us rejoice in knowing Christ as our Savior. Spending time thanking God for

all He has done and is doing in our lives through His great salvation.

At the same time let us ask the Lord to open doors of opportunity for us to share the

gospel with others. 

II Thessalonians 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

Paul was praying for the Christians at Thessalonica.

He prayed that they would be up to the task of fulfilling God’s will. 

God has designed His will to work out in people’s lives in response to prayer.  

 

Today, let us spend time praying for the will of God to be worked out in our own lives and in the lives of those we care about.  

Prayer changes things.

If we want others or ourselves to stay on the right path – let’s make it a matter of perpetual prayer.

Romans 14:7-8 “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.  For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.”

For a Christian the question as to something being right or wrong is just the starting point.

 

The overall reality that should govern our lives is that “We are the Lord’s”.

This means the motivation behind all we are or do should be that we belong to Him.

 

This means His will and purposes must govern ours.  

As we move through today let us cultivate the habit of asking ourselves the question, “What would Jesus be pleased with?” 

Let us allow this thought to mold our thinking, direct our choices and dictate our responses to every event of every day!