Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF MORE AND MORE (Part 3)
Here are four more areas where God wants us to do or have MORE AND MORE.
MORE eternal rewards (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).
This Scripture encourages us to look beyond the trials that we go through in life to see the eternal reward. Are you going through a difficult time? It seems as though it is forever, doesn't it? It feels heavy and bows you down. But, in the eyes of eternity, God calls it a "light affliction, which is but for a moment." As you trust God in your trials, look what it will do for you. It will work for you a "far MORE exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Isn't that amazing? Let's see everything we go through in life in the light of eternity. It makes all the difference.
MORE fellowship with believers (Hebrews 10:25).
Of all the animals that God created, He chose to call us His sheep. Over and over again He calls us His "flock" because sheep always stay together in a flock. A sheep cannot function independently. A sheep that gets separated from the flock is sad and irritable. When the sheep is found and put back with the flock it becomes contended and secure again. God intends us to have the flock mentality. He wants us to fellowship together to encourage and inspire one another, and also to sharpen one another to save us from getting off on the wrong track doctrinally. A person with a independent spirit has the goat mentality, and remember, it is the sheep who belong to the shepherd.
MORE fruitfulness (John 15:2, 5, 8)
God is a God of fruitfulness.
MORE gladness (Psalm 4:7).
David starts off this psalm telling how he was in distress. But, he didn't let his distress get to him. He focuses on God and his testimony becomes that he has more gladness than in the time of great harvest (and that's when they really rejoiced, danced, and made merry). The full understanding of "gladness" in the Hebrew is " blithesomeness or glee, exceeding joy, joyfulness, mirth, pleasure). God doesn't want us to be scraping the bottom of the barrel, but to have MORE!
Which MORE speaks to your heart today? Which one are you going to do MORE AND MORE of today?
Love from Nancy
