Sunday, March 04, 2012

The Labor in Labor

John 6:27 KJV
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

And here is the great battle that every human being is engaged to fight.

There is that which stares us in the face each day
It beckons us to follow it, to claim it as our own. It is soft and comfortable and easy to attain. But
• It is of the earth
• It will never last and worse still
• It will lead us to perish just as it does

Then there is that which endures to eternal life
It seems so distant, so far away. At times we wonder if it is even real. Perhaps it is only a mirage, a dream a fancy painted by those artists who can't seem to accept reality.

Even after coming to Christ for salvation, we still face the battle between that which is so easy in hand versus that which moth and rust can't corrupt. It is labor just to labor for better, the eternal thing.

That is why it is so important to attach ourselves not just to a church, but to the sort of church that urges us in the right work. Too many congregations have themselves succumbed to the temporal meat. If we are to keep our focus on the eternal we must be reminded daily where our focus ought to be. On that meat which endures to eternal life.

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