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Numbers 3; Numbers 4; Acts 25
If I Have Done Something
Worth Of Death,
I Don’t Refuse To Die …
Scripture
11 If I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die…
Observation
Paul was not afraid to die. In fact, he knew that
he was heading in that direction. For Paul dying was not an issue. He had
already settled that in his heart.
I have written in my old study Bible (my most prized
possession in the whole world that Kathy gave to me when God called me into the
ministry in December 1973) this saying,
“If you have not found something worth dying for you are
probably still searching for something to live for!”
That statement that penetrated and stuck in my heart from
the day I wrote it down definitely goes along with our 40 day Campaign, “What
On Earth AM I HERE FOR?”
The Apostle Paul said, “For to me, to live is Christ and
to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21
Paul also said in 2 Timothy 4:6-8 “As for me, my life has
already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. I
have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained
faithful.
In Acts chapter 25 Paul once again appeals to be brought
before Caesar in Rome. It was always his desire to go to Rome and he finally
made it. It was his last mission trip before he exited this life.
Are you afraid to die? Here is a more important question:
Have you found something worth dying for?
I have. His name is JESUS!
Would you surrender your life to Him today?
Application
I will continue serving Jesus until He calls me
home. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we are not our own we have been bought
with a price. I pray that everyone who reads this blog would the answer to the
question, “What on earth AM I HERE FOR? Guide them to a personal relationship
with You. Thank You for bringing people into my life that helped me to know
You.
Thank You for Charles and Patsy Hartwig who You used to change my life and
Kathy’s life forever. I will be eternally grateful to them. Bless them. Bless
their family. It was good to see two of their grandchildren yesterday. It was a
reminder of how important it is for me to invest my life in people.
Thank You
for the team of adults that came with the middle school choir from First
Baptist Jacksonville. Bless their investment in those kids. Thanks for using
Dan Elkins and others to mentor them. You are worthy of Praise! And I agree with
the Apostle Paul, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
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