Do well

Today I finished Ecclesiastes 9-12 and read Galatians 6 and half of the first chapter of Ephesians. My favorite verses are:

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

In a nutshell, obey God and don’t ever get tired of it—there is a reward. I often said when I was teaching school, “There are some days that I think will never end, but the years are gone before you know it.” I think it will seem even more like that when we are at home with the Lord—our life here is only a vapor and will be gone in a moment, and then we will have eternity to spend in the presence of God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit reaping the reward of doing well in this life. This is only true, of course, for those who are saved by faith in Jesus. The lost will have an eternity reaping the punishment of rejecting Christ as Savior. Even the good things they have done in their own power will have burned up as worthless debris.

Galatians 6:9 is a favorite verse of mine for another reason. It was the theme that we chose for the Baptist Church in Cape Fair, MO, when we started the mission work there in 1965. At the first service there were eleven people—six were in my family, four were in the preacher’s family, and one man walked over from his home next door to see what we were doing. Now there is a thriving church serving the Lord in Cape Fair. They continue to reap the harvest of well doing as they fear God and keep His commandments.

I am excited today to begin rehearsals for the Stained Glass Theatre’s production of “The Christmas House”. I continue to pray that God will use me to witness for Him through this.