Are you laboring?

On Labor Day are you laboring?

labor noun1 manual labor: work, hard work, toil, exertion, industry, drudgery, effort, menial work; informal slog, grind, sweat, scut work; literary travail, moil.  ANTONYMS  rest, leisure.

I want to take the word toil.  To toil is to work under duress.  What are you toiling with today?  It could be cleaning out your garage, or getting everything ready for the family picnic, or maybe it’s something much more important!

I have a heart for the lost.  Why?  Because I was lost and now I’m found.  I was miserable, alone, scared, empty, wandering, purposeless.  I’m not anymore.  What changed my life?  I became fully aware that God is real, that He loves me, that He gave His only Son to allow me to have forgiveness.  It immediately changed my life.  Now why would I share this with you?  Because I have no idea whether or not you have come to this belief, and even more important, accepted Christ’s sacrifice for you?!

I have been asked how is this any of my business!!!???  Allow me to try and answer that.  When God enters your heart, you receive God’s love for others, for the first time in your life you truly care about others, even more than yourself!  When you’re deeply concerned for others, your most major concern is do they know “your” Lord!  Let me take a moment to clear something up.  Many nonbelievers think that believers think they are better than them, and they are making judgments about them.  They feel that someone that witnesses to them about Christ is in effect saying  “I’m good, and you’re not, and I think you need to get good like me!!”   In Romans it says that we all have fallen short of the glory of God.  The scripture doesn’t say, “some” have fallen short, it says “all” have fallen short.  Falling short of God’s desire for us is sin, there it is that word that turns so many people off.  It’s a hard word, and it’s even harder because we are all sinners.  No one wants to hear that, but it is truth and truth cannot be denied.

When you come to the full realization that you are no longer guilty and  being held guilty for your sins, it changes  you in ways that no one can understand until they feel that release for themselves.  I may know you, and then again, I may not know you.  But I do know that God loves you, that He wants nothing more than to have you choose to become a part of His family.  What do I gain from sharing this?  I don’t do it for gain, I do it because I don’t want anyone to miss the incredible blessing of belonging to Him.

If this finds you laboring today, searching for real answers,  I pray this point you in the right direction. I do not say this for me, but because if I know anything, I know God loves you, He wants to change your life forever, if you don’t know Him, I pray you will let Him to do just that for you!

Blessings,

the pilgrim

Google:   I am Second  –  Nathan Schroer

Google:   I am Second  –  Ken Hutcherson

Great examples of faith in action!