Becoming An Unashamed Workman
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
II Timothy 3: 16 - 17
Becoming An Unashamed Workman
Warning:If You're still on milk the contents may give you an ouchy :-)
Praise the Lord for solid foods!! Huggies from; Linda
---by Sister Vondi ( aspen@tusco.net )
What is the necessity of writing another 'creed" when we already have the best one laid out in black and white. But it takes a life time of devotion and study and the leadership of the Holy Spirit to understand all of what God has for us.
Today we are addicted to fast food and convenience products. We want Mac and Cheese in a box cuz the real thing requires a lot of work and time to produce. So various companies have come out with a little blue box with all the ingredients inside. It takes about ten minutes to make the instant stuff and compared to a couple hours to do the real thing. But Oooooooh ! The difference. I like real macaroni and cheese, but the instant stuff is pretty bleh*. After you've tasted the real thing, you won't be satisfied with the powered cheese kind.
It is the same way with this Salvation. People want the instant stuff. They want to go to an altar of prayer, or go forward and 'make a decision' or sign their name on a card and in ten minutes or sooner be a Christian.
But it just doesn't work that way. Full grown Christians, able to work for God, doesn't happen over night, or even in a few months. Look at the wonderful experience Paul had on the road to Damascus. Yet he still had to study for several years---and he already had a firm knowledge of the Scriptures because of his religious training as a Jew! Still, he had to be taught by the Holy Spirit. Notice, he didn't go to a religous person to get the training...not from the apostles, but from the Spirit of God. (Galatians 1: 15 to the end of the chapter)
Paul told Timothy that it required study! Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. II Timothy 2:15
How long does it take to become an able workman? Depends on how carefully we are willing to study. It depends on our willingness to follow what we read in our life. As soon as we come up against a truth that we don't like or don't feel is necessary and set it aside, our progress as an apprentice workman stops until we incorporate that particular piece of righteousness into our life.
Sometimes when we study the Word we come up to things that we don't like. They will be bitter---hard things both to understand and to submit to. Our fleshly impulse is to refuse them.
But strong meats---the difficult hard things of the Word---make us grow. When a baby comes of an age to begin eating solid food and he refuses it, his growth stops and he begins to weaken. It is the same with us when we refuse the strong meat of the Word.
"...NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD FROM THEM THAT WALK UPRIGHTLY" PSALMS 84:11
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