Amaziah asked the man of
God, “But what about the hundred talents I paid for these Israelite troops?”
The man of God replied, “The LORD can give you much more than that.” (Second Chronicles
25:9)
In
Sunday’s sermon our Pastor Emeritus, Reverend Dr. V. Seymour Cole, spoke on the
importance of being open to doing what God says without trying to second-guess
his word or justify attempts at self-help. Today, let’s reflect on the
following statement shared by Pastor Cole:
“Are you going to think
more in terms of what you have to pay than you do in terms of what you owe? If
so, then you will be stunted souls-- trying to ‘buy God off’ with your pennies
or your dollars when you should be men and women of spacious spirit, who regard
nothing too great to lay at the Master’s feet.”
King
Amaziah, who received a prophetic warning to go into battle without using the
soldiers he had hired from Israel, expressed his concern about the money he had
spent. The prophet said, in essence, God doesn’t have a problem with supplying
needs. For those of us who have submitted our lives to the Lord, we can rest in
the assurance that He will make up every loss we have incurred in our
life-journey.
Are
you in a position where you sense God is telling you to walk away from a
venture that seems logically sound, a venture where you have already invested
time and resources? Trust God. If He has called you to do without a particular
resource, then follow His leading. He will certainly keep you in His care.
Because
God is on my side, I can joyfully lay everything at His feet. I pray that the
same is true for you.
Jesus looked at them and
said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will
there be for us?” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the
renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you
who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father
or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred
times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will
be last, and many who are last will be first. (Matthew 19:26-30)
Scripture
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