Ministry for God and not for man
Colossians 3:24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
I was praying for many days for guidance of the Holyspirit for writing an article for daniel academy.Finally I decided to write about fulfilment of many prophecies fulfilled in my life.But Today morning I got the verse colosian3:24. from the Holyspirit.In this verse apostle paul teaches us not to crave for fame and honour by men for our good deeds in ministry and society. He emphazies the importance of serving the lord or men withot expecting any rewatd or recognition by men. We should do everything for the glory of God.We are human and we expect that we should be recognised by others for our achievements and good deeds.we are happy when men honours us and are unhappy when the men dont honour us.The believers also expect these honours for their good deeds or their prayers or their role in worship or for any other noble deeds. Some expect remuneration also.But the Holyspirit teaches us not to expect any recognition from men for our good deeds. .we should not expect any benefit for our service to men and God.Actually when we do anything for the glory of God we receive an inner happiness .
St. John 2:25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
In this verse we see Jesus did not do any miracles to get acknowledged by man but did everything according to the will of God The Father.
Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Today we see a lot of people to get recognition from people they preach according to the will and benefit of the people than the truth according to The Bible.
But we should always know that we receive our inheritance from The Lord and not from man.
Testimony
It took sevaral years for me to follow this teaching of The Holyspirit. Now I can say that I have overcome the feeling of pride and never rexpect recognition or benefit for our good deeds . I thank the Holyspirit for His teaching .
Sol.Maniam