the time is right, the Lord will be there to
show you a way out.
Winning Souls Brings Joy
As you carry your cross, you will have to
bear the reproach of others. You will be subjected
to their scorn, their rebuke and their
disapproval; but you can’t pay attention to
them. The Bible says, If ye be reproached
for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for
the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but
on your part he is glorified (I Peter
4:14).
Jesus was the pure, spotless
Lamb of God, yet
He bore the reproach
of many and willingly
became an offering
for our sins. He
is despised and
rejected of men;
a man of sorrows,
and acquainted
with grief: and we
hid as it were our
faces from him; he
was despised, and
we esteemed him not
(Isaiah 53:3).
Jesus gave His life so
you and I could be saved
and have eternal life, so
we must give all we have to
finish His work and bring in
the harvest. God does not want
even one soul to perish. The Lord is
not slack concerning his promise, as some
men count slackness; but is longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance
(II Peter 3:9).
There are many, many souls to bring into
the Kingdom in this final hour, and God needs
every person He can get to help do that. Jesus
said, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the
labourers are few (Matthew 9:37). Many
pastors today are not getting God’s work
done. They are looking out for self instead of
came down from heaven, not to do mine own
will, but the will of him that sent me (John
6:38). That was Jesus’ mission, and it must be
your mission too.
Paul said, We then that are strong ought to
bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves. Let every one of us please
his neighbour for his good to edification
(Romans 15:1,2). There are times when your
flesh will cry out against that, and you will be
the one looking for help and comfort; but don’t
give in to your feelings. Self doesn’t like to
suffer, so you must learn to separate feelings
and faith; or you will limit what God can do
for you.
It takes divine faith to please
God, and it takes obedience
to that faith to put
self down and bear your
cross. But without
faith it is impossible
to please him: for he
that cometh to God
must believe that he
is God, and that he
is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek
him (Hebrews 11:6).
You must diligently
seek the Lord with all
your heart, mind, soul
and body and live by
faith every day. Now the
just shall live by faith:
but if any man draw back,
my soul shall have no pleasure
in him (Hebrews 10:38). When you
stop pleasing God to please yourself, only
Heaven knows all that will be lost for the
Kingdom of God.
You may think your cross is too heavy; but
the Bible says, There hath no temptation
taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you
to be tempted above that ye are able; but
will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it
(I Corinthians 10:13). You may be walking
through a valley and think you can’t possibly
take it for even one more minute; but when
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