- Now Think On
This
by Steve Martin
"His master said to
him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things,
I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'”
Matthew 25:21 NASB
I like my steak medium
well done, the way they do it at the Longhorn restaurants in Charlotte, NC (and
elsewhere I am sure.) Not too dry, not too bloody, but just right. At least for
my taste buds.
But that is not what
this message is about. I thought I’d get your attention, for many of you like
steak! Especially the beef from Iowa, where I grew up, for the cattle there are
corn fed to get them real juicy.
This message is about
being faithful, walking the walk we are called to as believers, and finishing
the tasks the Lord has assigned for each one of us. He purposely created you
and I for a specific work here on this planet – one in which the nations will
know that He is the Lord, and the Lover of their souls. He always has, and
continues to, look for a people who will believe in His ways, walk on His
paths, and fulfill the Great Commission to take the Gospel, the Good News, to
the lost and dying around us. That is His heart, and it has become mine. I hope
yours too.
When my time has been
completed here, give it 60, 70 or more years, I want to hear the words of my
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, say to me when I stand before
His heavenly throne, “Excellent! You are a good and trustworthy servant. You have
been faithful with a small amount, so I will put you in charge of a large
amount. Come and join in your master’s happiness!” Matt. 25:21, CJB (Complete
Jewish Bible).
Without a vision, or
where there is no revelation or prophetic purpose, Scripture says the people
perish (Prov. 29:18). Being faithful in what we do requires the impartation of
the Lord’s desires in our hearts, whereby His Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh)
gives us the goal and the objective in our living. If serving ourselves and our
own pleasures has become our sought after achievement, our souls will become
unfilled, having not what we have been created to do.
But knowing the purpose
of our placement in the Body of Christ, and accomplishing the work the Lord has
entrusted and gifted us with - be it service in the realm of business,
education, media, government, family, religion or arts and entertainment - does
bring the joy and happiness that is sought by everyone. It is not without much
difficulty, temptation and trials, but it will bring the satisfaction that we
have done that which we have been apprehended to do.
As Paul himself says, as
our example and for our inspiration, “Not that I have already attained, or am
already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ
Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and
reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for
the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14 NKJV
We all like appreciation,
rewards, and being given the prize at the end of the contest or achievement
accomplished. Being faithful to complete it to the finish line, the end of the
road, is worth the fighting for and pressing on to that goal. To hear our
Master say to us, once our lives here have completed their given days, will be
worth the effort it has taken.
Keep pressing on to the
end. Know your calling, do what it takes to be faithful in the daily walk, and
look with hearts full of hope and longing for that day when He will say to you,
“Well done, My good and faithful servant.”
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
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Now Think On This #153 “Well Done” by Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (05.28.14) Wednesday at 6:10
pm in Charlotte, NC.
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