Continuing Pastor Kyle's Father's Day message, he gave us five evidences of God’s blessing for us over a lifetime. (1) A joyful spirit. The state of being fatherless produces the feelings of uneasiness and unsafe. We have a heavenly Father to always look at first for true joy. This fruit of the Spirit type joy was never intended to come from another human, and cannot, because it comes through the Divine shelter of God. (2) A hard-working spirit. Enjoy the blessings of the fruit of your labor. All “want”, but only those who walk in the spirit, aligned with the Spirit, with joy produce and yield true blessings. We must taking time also to examine and assess our efforts and walk in order to turn around on dead-end side-paths, ignore unproductive distractions and temptations, train our focus on godly production and progress.
Proverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
The third evidence that Pastor Kyle gave us of God’s blessing for us over a lifetime was
(3) A desire to help those closest to you grow and flourish. Be sure that the people nearest and dearest to us get our best. Think about what you can do right now to help someone intimate in relationship with you to thrive. But, we must always remember that we all have “freewill” given to us by God, so others will choose to either accept or reject our loving and hospitable intentions. (4) A consistent track record of blessing one’s spiritual community and church. Support of the body of Christ financially and physically by your time and talents blesses the corporate church by allowing it to prosper in the service of the Lord to the entire community and advance the kingdom of Heaven. Tithes to the church and its work, plus offerings above and beyond meet the godly needs of others that we may or may not see, but is the call of ministry, ministering to the community and the lost and dying world with the light of Christ.
Philippians 2:1-2 “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded,
having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
(5) A longing for future generations to know, love and serve Jesus as Savior and Lord. Be a vital part of future generations, that they may walk in the ways of the lord, their God. Know God and make Him known through the sharing and witnessing to the gospel of Salvation through the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, sent by the Father to seek and save the lost sinner with forgiveness and redemption unto eternal life in heaven via the atoning sacrifice on the cross that paid the price in our behalf. We need to have a longing for this and not take our salvation for granted. But, also soften our hearts and live for Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
God is more interested in our character and attitude, knowing that the true rewards come from Jesus Christ, than our actual work. Father God looks at the heart and blesses everyone who truly and sincerely fears the Lord.
In Christ, Brian
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