Selfless Faith

In Matthew 11:2-3, read the question asked by the disciples of John the Baptist:

² And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples ³ and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

Is all that Jesus is what you thought He would be (or should be)? If not, then ask God to make some modifications and transformations in your life so you can have a clear understanding and vision on who the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, really is. Let us not be mistaken; God works His perfect will through our lives; not our worthless will through God. God is God and we are human. We bow down to Him and He shall never bow down to us. Now, if we adjust our vision to truly see Christ in His glory, standing at the right hand of God, we will see all He does is more than we ever need. He provides in abundance to our situations and does not cater to our greed and selfishness. Thank God for being who He is and not conforming to who we try to turn Him into. Glory to God forever and ever! Amen.

In Matthew 11:1, it reads “Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.”

A lot of times, we may feel we do all the work and our bosses just sit around playing solitaire in their luxurious offices. Whether or not that may be true of our earthly bosses, our Heavenly Father never stops working. Jesus could have went on vacation after sending out His twelve disciples, instead He went to teach and preach in the cities. To this day, the Holy Spirit is always working very diligently, calling out the lost sheep, to bring them home. I thank God Jesus never quits, never gets depressed, never says anything is impossible, never gives up! If we can do all things through Christ, it’s only natural Christ Himself can do ALL things! Let us keep our hearts open to fulfilling the will of our God. Amen.

In Matthew 10:41-42, Jesus tells His disciples:

⁴¹Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. ⁴²And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward

God has given us the greatest gift: salvation through Jesus Christ. That is a gift we cannot obtain through any other method. However, our Heavenly Father also wants to reward His children. As children, we have a desire to please our Father, to put a smile on His face. As any parent who is pleased by the works and efforts of their children, our Heavenly Father is eager to reward us. Let’s make a clear distinction, we are saved by grace through our faith in Jesus Christ, and once we are saved, our Heavenly Father wants to bless us and reward us for all the works for His kingdom. Howe great is our God that He would give us such a gift of eternal life through the death and resurrection of His only Son Jesus Christ, and then also want to reward us. Blessed be the name of the Lord, our God, Jesus Christ!

In Matthew 10:40, Jesus is near the end of His instructions to the disciples before sending them out and He says to them, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

Now, my beloved, let us not be selfish, but be filled with loving hearts, compassion, forgiveness, and receiving everyone. Remember Jesus said what we do to the least, we also do it onto Him. We must not gossip and have hate filled hearts towards one another. We cannot say we love Jesus but hate everyone else. If we love Jesus, we must love and care for everyone else and if we hate everyone who displeases us, we also hate Jesus. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we were filled with the fruits of the Holy Spirit, which never departs from us. The love that was shown to us and for us on the cross must be reflected through each second of our lives receiving our brothers and sisters, sitting them down at our tables, loving one another as Christ first loved us.

In Matthew 10:39, Jesus tells the disciples, “He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”

Searching for something? I have heard so many people say they are trying to find themselves, and they search their entire life, and find nothing but heartache, disparity, pain, agony and eventually death. It is really not worth finding because we will surely be disappointed in what we find. I found myself once, and upon that discovery, I was in fear for my life. I packaged it in a same day delivery envelope addressed to Jesus, with a short note, “it’s all Yours, do as You will with it.” This is the reason Jesus tells us if we find our life, we will surely lose it. However, if we lose our life, we will give up on our own personal search, our desires, our wants, our lusts of the flesh for Christ’s sake, we will find the true and pure life worth finding, and a life worth living. My beloved, let us give up our lives and let God work His perfect will for us through it. Glory to God forever and ever. Amen.