The LORD Brings More!
“Even those
(The Book of Isaiah 56: 7-8 NASB)
I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings
and their sacrifices
will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
The Lord GOD,
who gathers the disperse of Israel, declares,
“Yet others
I will gather to them,
to those already gathered.”
- Have we really considered the prayers we are lifting to the LORD?
- Are we faithfully, specifically praying for those we know we should?
- Do we allow sufficient space in our daily lives to be led by the Holy Spirit to do the work as the hands & as the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ?
- Are we doing the work that God Himself has already prepared for us, yes fore-planned this particular work for us to do, even before we were born?
“For we are His workmanship,
(The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians 2: 10 NASB)
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand
so that we would walk in them.”
Truly—
Are We Prepared for the Glad Reunion Day—
- When We Will Stand Before the LORD &
- He Measures Out Our Good Works Done in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ?
The LORD Brings More “to those already gathered.”
The Bible tells us so!
In fact, the Savior of the world, Jesus Himself, speaks this truth.
- We are the church of the living God!
- We are to be receptive to all who place their faith in Jesus.
- We are to disciple them, pray for them, teach them, mentor them, & lead by example the way the Holy Spirit leads us to go.
- We are to be prayer warriors for, interceding for those who do not yet believe & for our brothers and sisters-in-Christ, the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, the church of the living, incarnate Almighty God!
- We are to live every day of our lives as a living sacrifice to our LORD.
- We are to be witnesses of Him.
As we do, the LORD promises—
- He will reward us some day when we arrive home to heaven. &
- He will bring MORE to work alongside us, “to those [of us] already gathered.”
“He who receives you receives Me,
(The Gospel According to Matthew 10: 40-42 NASB)
and he who receives Me receives Him who sent me.”
[Jesus speaks how He came down from heaven to save mankind, to provide the only way to know God intimately, through His Amazing Grace.]
“He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward;
and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man
shall receive a righteous man’s reward.”
[Jesus speaks how He will come for us, for His redeemed, & He reminds us that our reward is secure, our reward is with Him.]
“And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones
even a cup of cold water to drink,
truly I say to you,
he shall not lose his reward.”
Faith ‘works out’ the salvation we have received.
Faith actively works wherever the LORD places us—His children—to do the tasks His Holy Spirit leads us to do.
- Can a person claim to be a child of God & not love others as Jesus taught?
- Can a person profess Jesus as his Savior & not love his neighbor more than himself?
- Can a person say he is a Christian & not—LOVE GOD—MOST of ALL—more than himself & his own selfish desires?
The LORD Brings More “to those already gathered” !
- We can read the Holy Bible to be reminded of the actions of Abraham & how it was credited to his as righteousness.
- We can read the Word of God to recall the actions of Rahab & remember all over again how her entire family was saved through her faithful obedience.
- We can also be reminded how the Father allowed the genealogy of His Only Son Jesus to be aligned with hers, how the name of ‘Rahab’ is listed among the faithful ones who led to the birth of Jesus.
We are not saved by our works, but by our works,
- the world sees our faith &
- comes to know Jesus as their Savior & Lord.
“You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.”
(The Letter of James 2: 24 NASB)