August 21, 2019 – “How would you define faithfulness?
If your car started 4 out of 7 days would you say it's reliable? If your
refrigerator only ran every other day would you say, "Well, it does work
sometimes?" According to Paul faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit and we
should be becoming more faithful as the Spirit produces this fruit in us. Would
you approve of an employee who showed up when they felt like it? Think about
it! Faithfulness is a divine requirement!” S.
E. Trail
My prayer for you today is for the
Spirit of God to grow the “fruit of faithfulness” in you.
Luke
16:10 He that is
faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust
in the least is unjust also in much. 11
If therefore ye have not been faithful in
the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been
faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your
own? KJV
“The owner of an old-fashioned
corner grocery store in a small country town was fond of quoting a scripture
after each sale. He had three old friends that would sit around a potbellied
stove, playing checkers on a faded board. His ability to produce a scripture
for all occasions never ceased to amuse the old timers, and they would listen
to see what verse he would come up with relevant to the sale made. A lady
purchased some material and he said, "She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh
willingly with her hands." A man bought a sack of flour; he said "Man
does not live by bread alone, but every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God." A little boy bought some candy and as he rung it up he quoted,
"Suffer the little children to come unto Me." It was nearly closing
time when the chimes over the door jangled loudly. A well-dressed young man,
obviously a stranger from one of the larger towns down the road, entered. "Help
you?" offered the proprietor. "I need a blanket for my horse,"
said the man. "He's out in his trailer and it's too cold for just one.
Bring me the nicest one you've got!" The store owner went in the back
store room and came back with a brown blanket. "That'll be five
dollars." "Five dollars? You've got to be kidding!' said the man. "This
horse is a thoroughbred. He gets only the best! He wouldn't stand still for an
old five dollar blanket." Without comment, the store owner took back the
blanket, then merely selected a different color and brought it out. "This
one's $25 dollars." "Now, look," said the young man.
"Perhaps I didn't make myself plain. This isn't just any old horse! He's
worth thousands! Now I want the best, most expensive blanket you've got!
Comprende?" The owner once more went into the store room, pulled out another
color of the same material and brought it back. "This is the only one
left, and it's $100." "Now that's more like it!" Which enthused
the fellow as he paid. Throwing the five dollar blanket over his shoulder, he
left. The old timers stared silently at the shopkeeper as they waited to see
what possible scripture he could come up with for that sale! Going behind the
register, he rang up the hundred dollars and said, "He was a stranger, and
I took him in.”
2019 Bible Reading Schedule for today - Jeremiah
39-41
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