Issue 18 - Day 4

2 Corinthians 6

2 Corinthians 6:1-4
1)  We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2)  (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
3)  Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4)  But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

You have heard it said, “Do not take the name of the Lord in vain”, and this is a variant of the same, “Do not take the Grace of God in vain.” In the first case, the question to ask yourself is, am I calling myself a Christian, put living in such as way as to give Christians a bad name? In this case the question is, you have been freed by the grace of God, how then will you react in the trials that you face?

God gives us a promise, that if we separate ourselves and live for Christ he will be a father unto us. The prerequisite of fatherhood is being in constant communication with your children. I recently heard of a Christian man currently in jail and fighting what is said to be a wrongful conviction. He obviously missed his daughter’s 18th birthday because of this. In fact, for the last four years he has not been able to be a father to his children because he is not there. With us and God it is the other way round, we have to be following him in order to receive his fatherhood towards us.

It comes back to the same thing however, how are you living? What are you doing that makes God say, “What are you playing at! Are you not saved by the sacrifice of Christ?” Let us repent and live our lives for him.