If you are given the grace and strength of God the Almighty, you will be able to solve any kind of problems, fulfill any kind of your heart's desires, become renewed and enter New Jerusalem, the most glorious place in Heaven. Let's look into what we can do by receiving God's grace and strength.
We can be united.
Anyone can receive grace and strength from God when they cast off sins and evil and become sanctified according to the Word of God. Then, they can become united with the Lord and with each other.
1 Corinthians 1:10 reads, "Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment." If you wear the righteousness of Christ, you will not cause divisions and you will have the same mind and the same will with others. You will become united with them in the cord of the truth and the Holy Spirit.
Of course, we may have different opinions while working on something, but it must not cause any division of hearts (Matthew 12:25). If each of us insists that we are right and break peace, it will cause the hearts to be divided and may disturb the work of the kingdom of God. Thus, when you bring up your opinion, you must not try to persuade others to follow you, but you must try to bind all people's hearts as one and achieve the work of God.
If you receive God's grace and strength, you can achieve the heart being okay with anything as long as it is in the truth. In the process, you should follow others' opinions even when your ideas may seem better. You must not force others to show the same kind of faith you have although you have greater faith than them.
You should serve each other, seek all peoples' benefits, and give grace to others. You must not hold ill feelings even if others do evil to you. You should become united with all people in peace in doing the work of the Lord. Then you can become united with the Lord.
We will have a sense of responsibility for the work of the Lord.
Galatians 6:2 says, "Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ." If all of you bear one another's burdens and share the responsibility, the law of Christ, i.e. the law of love can be achieved. Here, love is a prerequisite for bearing others' burdens and sharing the responsibility.
When you work for the Lord, you should have a sense of responsibility for the work with love toward the Lord and brothers and sisters in Christ. However, some people participate in the work of the Lord only when their suggestions are chosen, or only when they are given special duties. If not, they remain a step behind as a spectator.
But some others help prepare certain meetings and ask people in charge if there is anything they can help though they are not responsible for the meetings. When their mission or group is rebuked for a certain job, they feel embarrassed though they are not the one in charge. They may even repent and fast because of it. Although they are not pastors and have no titles, they pray for souls with earnest hearts and visit, fast, and pray for the souls.
When you are given grace and strength, you will naturally take responsibility for the souls' problems as your own because you love the Lord and souls. It is just as the apostle Paul confessed in 2 Corinthians 11:29, "Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?" When you work thinking the work of the Lord is your work and your responsibility, you will get recognition from God and even people.
We can achieve goodness.
To become united with others and take responsibility for the work of the Lord, we should have goodness. Only with goodness can we lower and sacrifice ourselves, seek others' benefits, and become united. Moreover, we can take the responsibility for the work from our hearts, not in formality or forcibly.
Achieving goodness implies that we should stay alert because we live in this end time. The Bible tells us that there will be rampant sins and evil at the end time. However, you will not be able to notice how dark this generation is unless you are not spiritually awakened. It is because the multitudes of sins, extent of evil, and frequency of disasters have made darkness appear unremarkable. You cannot realize the sign of the end time either. When the judgment of fire came upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and when the flood of Noah struck the whole earth, people did not believe the warning and eventually fell into the destruction.
Romans 13:11-12 says, "Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." In this end time, we should think in every matter, 'I should achieve more goodness' or 'I should act according to the will of God'. We should achieve sanctification of heart in that way by receiving grace and strength from God.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 reads, "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." Let's remember this passage and complete the preparation for meeting our Lord by praying and achieving goodness in heart. Thereby, let's go into the New Jerusalem the best heavenly dwelling place (Revelation 16:15; 22:14)!
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