May the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow more and more and become as great as our love for you. In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him. (1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 GNT)
The gifts of God start in seed form. A seed will multiply in time, but it looks insignificant at first. So don’t take the leading of the Holy Spirit for granted, even in the small things. The most insignificant things He’s led me to do have turned out to be the most significant multiplication factors of my life. God wants you to multiply, and He wants to reward you for that multiplication.
We can’t take lightly our time here on earth. So much is at stake. People’s eternal destinies are dependent upon our obedience to the plan of God. It’s His will that all be saved and conformed into the image of Jesus. He doesn’t want any left behind.
All it takes is each of us doing our part and multiplying what He’s entrusted to us.
Don’t be discouraged. Don’t see your part as insignificant. Don’t lose your passion.
Not only are others in your generation counting on you—some in desperate need for you to reveal Jesus to them, others in need for you to extend them His encouragement and strength—but your eternal destiny also waits to be determined. The plan of God for your life is utterly beyond your ability, but you will surely succeed if you depend on His grace. He is faithful!
As you sow seeds of love in many lives, God will grow them exponentially. He is the Master Gardener who nurtures and cultivates the crop of His children. And for our part, we will be with Him for all eternity.
Adapted from Driven by Eternity: Making Your Life Count Today & Forever (Faith Words, 2006), p 258-259.
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