Dec 4, 2018
“I am coming
soon. Hold on to what you have, so that
no one will take your crown.” Rev 3:11
Don’t let go of your
eternal reward in order to grab hold of temporary substitutes.
Credit cards often promote the power they give to their
owner, telling us ‘not to leave home without them’, or ‘accepted everywhere’. Spending power is greatly valued in this
world.
If someone gave you a $20 bill as a gift, then offered you
the chance to swap it for a monopoly $20 bill, unless you thought it was a
trick, you would certainly not take the deal.
Rightly so, because the real thing is far better and more useful than
the cheap substitute.
Unfortunately, many times people unwittingly take the deal.
In the book of Genesis, Esau sold his birthright (the right
to be the family leader and inherit a double portion from his father), for a
bowl of soup in a hungry moment. Later,
in the book of Joshua, a man named Achin gave up his inheritance, his family,
and his life for a few trinkets of Jericho riches. David risked his kingdom and damaged his
family, becoming a murderer and adulterer for one night of pleasure with
Bathsheba. Judas lost his place as a
disciple and lost his eternal life by selling out Jesus for a few coins. They all sold the real thing for the
substitute, and lost dearly.
We’re not much different.
Many have sacrificed their faith to pursue financial prosperity. Others give up their spiritual development
and worship of God to be weekend warriors or get their kids in weekend
athletics. This generation sells out its personal holiness and purity in order
to pursue momentary sensual pleasures.
All of those cost more than just the sticker price – they steal your
righteousness and damage your confidence to overcome. Better to hold on to your character than sell
it out for a few minutes of pleasure.
Jesus tells us: He is coming soon! It may feel like He is taking forever, but a
few years doesn’t feel that long the older we get. And in the face of eternity, a few years of
waiting is nothing. Jesus is coming
soon, whether it is during our lifetime or at the end of it. Either way, it will only be a few decades at
most. So HOLD ON TO YOUR ETERNAL REWARDS
instead of selling them out for temporary ones.
Eternal rewards spend a lot better!
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