BE THOU FAITHFUL

BE THOU FAITHFUL

Sunday, February 24, 2019

   Luke 13:24-30 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

   Revelation 2:10  Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  Old Faithful Geyser has erupted year after year on a rather erratic “schedule” varying from 22 minutes to 2 hours between eruptions. Yet it has been watched, advertised and extolled by millions of people.

  Not far from Old Faithful is another geyser, much smaller, not advertised and seen by fewer people. Those who do see it rarely remember its name, but year after year it erupts on schedule that can be predicted almost to the minute.

  We cannot all be “Old Faithful Geysers” or famous preachers, but Christ does expect us to be like the little geyser, doing our [Romans 12:3} job, where we are: faithfully and regularly.

Leslie Nivens