We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through.
Australian Proverb
Romans 15:24-26
For I do hope to see you when I pass through, and to be sent on my way there by you, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while. Now, however, I am traveling to Jerusalem to serve the saints; for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution to the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. (HCSB)
Forgive me for saying so, but it seems we are always looking for a place to sit. Do you know what I am trying to say? We are looking for a comfortable place to relax and feel at ease. Does that seem to be Paul’s aim? You say, “Well Paul was an evangelist, a disciple,” and indeed you are right, but aren’t we all his disciples that have tasted His Grace?
These that he has really yearned to see, he lets know his intentions before he arrives. I will enjoy your company for a while, but then you’re going to send me on, and support me in God’s business. Paul wasn’t looking for a piece of land to build an estate, or even a humble abode, Paul wasn’t ever in a place long enough to let that kind of thing happen to him.
Paul was assured after his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus that this place was not home. He wasn’t going to leave anything to fight over; it was going to be in the hands of someone who needed it. Are you passing through, you see what I am saying now, I’m afraid that many Christians are not, they have settled down, and settled for less, because they are seeking the wrong rewards…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
Australian Proverb
Romans 15:24-26
For I do hope to see you when I pass through, and to be sent on my way there by you, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while. Now, however, I am traveling to Jerusalem to serve the saints; for Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution to the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. (HCSB)
Forgive me for saying so, but it seems we are always looking for a place to sit. Do you know what I am trying to say? We are looking for a comfortable place to relax and feel at ease. Does that seem to be Paul’s aim? You say, “Well Paul was an evangelist, a disciple,” and indeed you are right, but aren’t we all his disciples that have tasted His Grace?
These that he has really yearned to see, he lets know his intentions before he arrives. I will enjoy your company for a while, but then you’re going to send me on, and support me in God’s business. Paul wasn’t looking for a piece of land to build an estate, or even a humble abode, Paul wasn’t ever in a place long enough to let that kind of thing happen to him.
Paul was assured after his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus that this place was not home. He wasn’t going to leave anything to fight over; it was going to be in the hands of someone who needed it. Are you passing through, you see what I am saying now, I’m afraid that many Christians are not, they have settled down, and settled for less, because they are seeking the wrong rewards…God’s Blessings.
Pastor William
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