Hello everyone,
If we want to look at what I have been writing for some days it would seem confusing or should I say a contradiction as to the life God intended us to live which is would make us serve Him and not mammon. However, what I've not made known to you is the main thing which God intens us to do which would lead us to serving Him and not mammon which is to labour to enter His rest, in other words, we are to be at rest in Christ Jesus.
Some days ago, I was able to explain what this rest is all about. But when you take a look at Hebrews 4:11 which says, “Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.” The question now is how can one be diligent to enter rest, isn’t it just to go and rest, it doesn’t take any form of work or does it? The King James Version uses the word labour instead of diligent, still what is the labour for? Since man fell, he has been trying to fend for himself through the sweat of his brow and as a result of this, it was obvious this was what brought about the story of mammon. The devil, however, had been using mammon as a means to prevent Man from going back to God, since money is what man needs to get anything he wants. So the deceitfulness of riches popped in and Man kept falling into the trap and thinking they were serving God as some thought just added God as a checklist in order to ‘fulfil all righteousness.’ But this wasn’t the life God intended man to live.
Jesus was who man the incarnate form of God was the one who through His resurrection brought Grace to all mankind, in other words, we were all children of God from the very start, but we broke the relationship with God which Jesus had reconnected us back to God through His death and resurrection, so the benefits of being a son was restored, which only Jesus possessed, but through Grace, He gave us these same benefit through Him. Since we were not worthy enough, the only way to gain access to these benefits was by using His name to enter, in other words, the name of Jesus was an access code into entering into the blessings and benefits of becoming a son of God.
The point here is that since we have all things at our beck and call but because it sounds so good to be true, our hearts are too hardened to believe, what we are to do is to work ourselves into believing what God has made provisions for through Grace. This work is through the study and meditation of the word of God which explains everything to us, all these are what Hebrews 4:11 calls labour or diligence.
As we enter into this rest, we are guided into every step we take as the Holy Spirit become our guide and we have the word of God/Jesus abiding in us. Everything we do is made perfect and life becomes so full of Grace and we know what we are to do and this is how we are not guided or controlled by mammon, because at this point we would understand that everything we would ever need had been provided for long before we were born and mammon becomes our servant and not the other way round and now God is the one we truly serve.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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GOD BLESS YOU.
Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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