Please read John 1:16-17
Rowland
Hill was a British pastor and an evangelist in the 18th century. One
day he was given large amount of money to give to a poor pastor. Thinking that
the amount was too much to send all at once, Rev. Hill forwarded just a portion
along with a note that said simply, “More to follow.” In a few days the poor
pastor received another envelope containing the same amount and with the same
message, “More to follow.” At regular intervals, came a third, a fourth and
they continued, along with those assuring words, until the entire sum had been
received.
C. H.
Spurgeon, the great preacher, used this story to illustrate that the good
things we receive from God always come with the same prospect of more to
follow. He said: “When God forgives our sins, there’s more forgiveness to
follow. He justifies us in the righteousness of Christ, but there’s more to
follow. He adopts us into His family, but there’s more to follow. He prepares
us for heaven, but there’s more to follow. He gives us grace, but there’s more
to follow. He helps us to old age, but there’s still more to follow.”
Spurgeon concluded, “Even when we arrive in the world to come,
there will still be more to follow.”
Dear brother and sister in Christ, this Lent season, as we reflect
on God and his work through Jesus in our lives, let us also recollect and
reminisce the blessing upon blessing that God has showered upon us. If you are wondering
right now, ‘what blessing upon blessing?’ please try this exercise – take a
sheet of paper and draw a line in the middle of it. On the left write all the
trials and troubles of your life; on the right (please spend some time) and list
all that God has done for you in your life, include all the blessings. I am positive the list on the right will be
longer than the one on the left. (If
your list on the left is longer than the one on the right please contact me- my
email address is on the blog).
Dear God, your graces
are many but I do not remember them. Instead I focus only on my real and
perceived trials. Please forgive me and hold me that I will never forget you
and your blessings. In Jesus name. Amen.
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