Always Abounding
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (I Cor. 15:58).
We should note carefully that the Apostle Paul here addresses only
his brethren in Christ, those who have truly been born again — born
into the family of God.
Furthermore, he sent this appeal to Christians everywhere: to “all
that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord”
(I Cor. 1:2). He knew that there is a tendency among all believers to
be tempted to abandon the work of the Lord through discouragement or
carelessness, so he pleads with us to be “stedfast” and
“unmoveable,” reminding us that our labor is “not
in vain in the Lord.”
How we need this exhortation! We do not soon abandon our
businesses or homes. We toil on in spite of difficulties and
obstacles, and when the outlook is darkest we often work the hardest.
Sometimes our bodies suffer for it, but we do not immediately give
up.
And how much more urgent is the work of the Lord! Souls are
perishing all about us for whom Christ died. It is our plain duty to
pray for them and tell them of His love. It is our responsibility to
toil and sacrifice that they may hear and believe the good news. What
shall we say when some day we stand before our Savior if we have been
satisfied merely to know Him ourselves? And what will He say?
Let us then be up and doing, “always abounding in the work
of the Lord.” Life is too short to fritter away the precious
moments God has given us to proclaim His saving grace. Let us tell
them, then, by lip and by life, by our testimony and by our behavior,
that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”
and that “we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).
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