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Consequences
'Everyone's work will be put through the fire' 1 Corinthians 3:13
One day an ox said to a mule, 'Let's pretend to be sick.' The mule said, 'No, we need to get this work done.' The ox feigned illness, and the farmer brought him fresh hay. When the mule came in from ploughing, the ox asked how things went and the mule said, 'All right.' The ox asked, 'What did the farmer say about me?' The mule replied, 'Nothing.'
The next day the ox pretended to be ill again. When the mule came home the ox asked, 'How did it go?' The mule said, 'All right.' After a week of this, the ox asked, 'Did the farmer say anything about me today?' The mule replied, 'Well, he said nothing to me personally, but he stopped and had a long talk with the butcher!'
Are you like that ox - a skiver, a work shirker? Ephesians 2:10 (TLB) says: 'We are God's masterpiece ... created ... so we can do the good things He planned for us.' So we need to get on with it and forget about pulling sickies. Everything we do or don't do has consequences.
The Bible tells us that: 'There is going to come a time of testing at the judgement day to see what kind of work each ... has done. Everyone's work will be put through the fire to see whether or not it keeps its value.' So 'lets see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out' Hebrews 10:24 (TM).
written by Bob Gass
'Everyone's work will be put through the fire' 1 Corinthians 3:13
One day an ox said to a mule, 'Let's pretend to be sick.' The mule said, 'No, we need to get this work done.' The ox feigned illness, and the farmer brought him fresh hay. When the mule came in from ploughing, the ox asked how things went and the mule said, 'All right.' The ox asked, 'What did the farmer say about me?' The mule replied, 'Nothing.'
The next day the ox pretended to be ill again. When the mule came home the ox asked, 'How did it go?' The mule said, 'All right.' After a week of this, the ox asked, 'Did the farmer say anything about me today?' The mule replied, 'Well, he said nothing to me personally, but he stopped and had a long talk with the butcher!'
Are you like that ox - a skiver, a work shirker? Ephesians 2:10 (TLB) says: 'We are God's masterpiece ... created ... so we can do the good things He planned for us.' So we need to get on with it and forget about pulling sickies. Everything we do or don't do has consequences.
The Bible tells us that: 'There is going to come a time of testing at the judgement day to see what kind of work each ... has done. Everyone's work will be put through the fire to see whether or not it keeps its value.' So 'lets see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out' Hebrews 10:24 (TM).
written by Bob Gass
