Over the past couple of days, I have been reminded on more than one occasion that God requires and rewards faithfulness. In 1 Timothy 1:12, the Apostle Paul said, "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry."
Paul had a past that would have disqualified him from the Lord's service in most modern Churches. He was known as the 'cheif of sinners', a blasphemer, persecutor and violent aggressor (1 Tim. 1:13-15). Yet after He met Jesus on the Damascus Road, everything changed.
With the same zeal and ferver that he once sought to destroy the Church and Christians, Paul used that same energy to promote the Gosple and the love of God to all men and women. Paul was faithful to the call of Christ and the assignment given Him by God to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles. Just as faithful and even more so, than he was to his past life as one who sought to destroy the Church.
Paul was rewarded greatly for his faithfulness. He said as he came to the close of his life, "I have fought the good faith, I have finished my course, I kept the faith." Because of his faithfulness, he was assured that, "Therefore there is laid up for me the crown of righteouness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day..."
Today and always remember that the gifts and the calling of God on your life...are yours to be faithful over.
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