What type of follower of Christ are you? Perhaps you are one of the stones that make up the streets of the New Jerusalem:
If this is truth, you are gold (Revelation 21.21). In this case, what is your role?
Serve as way to someone go ahead until his destiny. Look on Jesus as the Way the bring us to the Father (John 14.6). Therefore, you are the instrument to Jesus may present the church to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5.27).
And how Jesus will work this through you? By the pellucidity that have to exist in you (the gold of the New Jerusalem is transparent as crystal – Revelation 21.21) people will be able to contemplate the foundations of the apostles – Revelation 21.14). But, for this, you can’t hold a grudge when someone trample on you.
It looks like abhorrent, ghastly, but remember that streets serve as backup (Colossians 3.13; 1Peter 5.5). Furthermore:
“And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly. Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, giving blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.” (1Peter 3.8,9)
If we don’t desire to hold up the blessings, don’t dally mucking around, nor try to stave off impish people. Rather, serve as mirror so that people can see who they really are; but, at the same time, be translucent, so that people can see the foundations of Christ and, thus, they can deport themselves as shew below:
“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.” (Lamentations 2.10).
However, good news: if people walk over you, as you are holy (in virtue of the presence of Jesus in you), they will have to take off the shoes (or sandals, or whatever they are using):
“And He said, Do not come near here. Pull off your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.” (Exodus 3.5).
“And the Commander of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.” (Joshua 5.15).
That is to say, you will clean up the feet of people who step on you (exactly what Jesus enjoined to His church – John 13.14).
So, may Jesus able us to take on the responsibility to clean up the feet each other and never turn down our role of backing up people that Jesus bring to us. Instead, may us face up to the drudgeries that arise until people can see how far they are from the perfection of Jesus and, thus, every knee bow to Jesus, and every tongue confess Him as God (Romans 14.11).
Have a marvelous weekend in Christ Jesus.
If this is truth, you are gold (Revelation 21.21). In this case, what is your role?
Serve as way to someone go ahead until his destiny. Look on Jesus as the Way the bring us to the Father (John 14.6). Therefore, you are the instrument to Jesus may present the church to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5.27).
And how Jesus will work this through you? By the pellucidity that have to exist in you (the gold of the New Jerusalem is transparent as crystal – Revelation 21.21) people will be able to contemplate the foundations of the apostles – Revelation 21.14). But, for this, you can’t hold a grudge when someone trample on you.
It looks like abhorrent, ghastly, but remember that streets serve as backup (Colossians 3.13; 1Peter 5.5). Furthermore:
“And finally, all be of one mind, having compassion on one another, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly. Never give back evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, giving blessing, knowing that you are called to this so that you might inherit blessing.” (1Peter 3.8,9)
If we don’t desire to hold up the blessings, don’t dally mucking around, nor try to stave off impish people. Rather, serve as mirror so that people can see who they really are; but, at the same time, be translucent, so that people can see the foundations of Christ and, thus, they can deport themselves as shew below:
“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they send up dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.” (Lamentations 2.10).
However, good news: if people walk over you, as you are holy (in virtue of the presence of Jesus in you), they will have to take off the shoes (or sandals, or whatever they are using):
“And He said, Do not come near here. Pull off your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.” (Exodus 3.5).
“And the Commander of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.” (Joshua 5.15).
That is to say, you will clean up the feet of people who step on you (exactly what Jesus enjoined to His church – John 13.14).
So, may Jesus able us to take on the responsibility to clean up the feet each other and never turn down our role of backing up people that Jesus bring to us. Instead, may us face up to the drudgeries that arise until people can see how far they are from the perfection of Jesus and, thus, every knee bow to Jesus, and every tongue confess Him as God (Romans 14.11).
Have a marvelous weekend in Christ Jesus.