Galatians 6:9
9 And [de] let us [ekkakeo] not [me] be weary [ekkakeo] in well [kalos] doing [poieo]: for [gar] in due [idios] season [kairos] we shall
reap [therizo], if we faint [ekluo] not [me]. KJV-Interlinear
9 And let us not lose heart in
doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. NASB
We all have two phases of our life. This life we live here and now in this world,
and the next life which will take us into eternity. The decisions you make now, will determine
your entire eternal future. Don’t mess
up your life by pretending. Don’t mess
your life up by refusing to learn what God wants from you and for you. This life is by far the shorter of the two, lasting
just a few decades, if that, and the next life will last forever. We are here now, to prepare ourselves for the
next life. It is then, that all of our
dedication, or lack of it, will be rewarded or not.
In this life we have to set up our priorities and
decide if the next life is going to be a part of those priorities or not.
Here in this world we grow up and learn responsibilities
and engage in whatever our chosen field of work is going to be. And it is by those choices that we are able
to provide the necessary logistics of life, for ourselves and our family, in
this world.
But that is all those choices provide, whatever it
takes to get along in life, during our life, until the end of our life. Then the next life begins when this one ends.
That is when you have to be prepared, because there
are no do-overs, no returns to make changes and try again. Once you are gone, then you have to deal with
whatever it is that you dedicated your life to, while in this world. And you have to deal with the repercussions
forever.
That is a long time.
So, the very first decision you have to make is to
believe in Christ. That sets the stage
for your living in heaven rather than in the Lake of Fire.
The next decision that you must make is a series of
decisions that you need to make day after day, for the rest of your life here
in this world. You need to learn what it
is that God wants you to learn. And that doesn’t take much time out off your
day. Maybe a few minutes a day, but they
are very important minutes, nonetheless.
And those daily decisions are two-fold. The first is to live in fellowship, which you
obtain when you confess your sins, and the next is to participate in a daily
bible study.
Now, here is where the real miracle of life occurs.
Anyone can read the bible, but only those believers
in fellowship, benefit from the content of the bible.
Sure we all know the stories of the baby Jesus, and
David, and Noah and so forth. But the
real benefit, is acquired when you study the bible daily, while is fellowship,
which allows the Holy Spirit, whom you cannot detect or feel or sense in any
way, takes that spiritual food and incorporates it into your soul, thus
building up within you, a spiritual palace and fortress.
It is not the words per se that build, but the
obedience and repetition and consistency to study, and thus God does all of the
building in your behalf. That is where the
supernatural power and magic and miracle occurs, that God preforms for you, and
in you.
And it all occurs behind the scenes, so to speak, because
you do not feel anything, you just learn and grow and mature, and sooner or
later you realize the phenomenal changes that have occurred in your life.
Often times it seems like life is too difficult,
that God is not there, that there is nothing more than the repetitious activities
of day to day living. When you pray, no
one answers, no one texts you back, there is no confirmation email from heaven,
and so it can be difficult to depend on faith alone, because it is so
intangible.
But, one day you will leave this world. And having seen all of the many examples of
blessings and cursing's, which this world displays, it is far better to be on
the blessings end of life, rather than on the cursings end.
So, persevere, keep up your positive outlook. Do not fall away or fade from your daily
study, because one day in your life, God is going to call you home, and it will
be then, that all of your dedication, boring as it may often times seem, will
be well worth it, beyond your imagination.
And if you have any imagination at all, that can be
a lot. Far more than this world could
ever offer, and more.
