Past Glories

Sure, the things you used to do were great, but what about now?

This has been ringing in my head the past few days.

Been reminding me that I need to step up to do something more, more than what I'm doing now.

Sure, I've brought lots of friends to church.

Sure, I've gotten many people saved.

But that was then.

I can boast all I want to my members, the people around me about what I used to be capable of in the past.

But all that really matters is what I can do now.

What can I do, to get people saved now?

I'm so tied down at work, so tired at the end of each day.

How can I boast of what I was able to do in the past, when I was free and energetic, yet now when I'm tied down I can't do what I did.

I must learn to count on God's strength, and once I'm able to lead people to Christ, no matter how tired I am, I would count that as an accomplishment, and only God gets the glory.

So often I hear of people who used to do great things in the church.

But when I see them now, they're just sitting there, being spectators and mere members.

I think to myself, "there is no retiring, when it comes to the salvation of man."

These old timers can't possibly bask in their past glories and not continue to work for the kingdom of God.

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Just like in Matthew 20 : 1-16

1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ² He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.

³ “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. ⁴ So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. ⁵ So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.

⁶ “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’

⁷ “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’

“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

⁸ “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. ⁹ When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. ¹⁰ When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. ¹¹ When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, ¹² ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’

¹³ “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? ¹⁴ Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. ¹⁵ Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’

¹⁶ “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
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Ok I'm not dissin' anyone in particular here.

But shouldn't it be this way?

Everyone should be playing their part to add to the kingdom, yet I see idlers and people who think they've done enough and it's time to rest already.

There are times of rest, but we should never get too comfortable being in rest mode.

Cos' there are people on this earth that only we can reach, and no one else will be able to reach.

Would you be able to sleep at night, knowing that if these people were to pass away, they'd be placed in eternal torment, and all because you chose to think that there's more time.

It's time to wake up.

No more pride, no more doubt, no more hesitation.

Let's go all out to see this generation saved.