Worthy Brief - 9/5/2022
Friend, remain faithful!
1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
In the early 1800s, a preacher gave a message to call men to join him on the mission field in Africa. In the audience were only a few women along with a boy. The pastor knew that few women were expected to volunteer to face harsh African jungle conditions. However, he gave the message; and no one responded. What he didn't realize was that he had touched the heart of a little boy whose name was David Livingstone. This boy would grow up to spend the rest of his life ministering to Africa's unreached tribes.
David Livingstone was touched by the faithfulness of a pastor who gave his message when there seemed to be no obvious fruit from its delivery – and that made all the difference! The lesson is this: we are not in charge of results but only responsible for being faithful to what God has given us to do. You may not be seeing any fruit from your obedient labor at the moment – it may appear next week, next year, or a century from now, but in its time, the fruit will appear and may be greater than you could have ever imagined. Heaven will, one day, reveal the fruit of lives we have touched by our faithfulness!
Friend, be encouraged – and don't give up. Your faithful stewardship will produce its true harvest, which will never fade or pass away!
Have a blessed weekend! Shabbat Shalom!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George & Obadiah (in Baltimore), Baht Rivka (in Israel) and Elianna (in Texas)
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