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If God Is Truly Your Partner You Need To Make Your Plans Big
We have no right to expect great things from God unless we are willing to attempt great things for God.
Remember the choir director who dreamed he died and went to heaven. He told the archangel, "I'd like to have 10,000 sopranos for my choir."
"Certainly, whatever you please!"
"And I'd like to have 10,000 altos"
"Of course! No problem!"
"And I'd like to have 10,000 tenors."
"Anything you want!"
Then he turned to leave. The archangel asked, "What about the basses?"
"Oh," said the choir director, "I'm going to sing bass myself."
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If God is truly your partner, you need to make your plans big!
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:58: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord"
Those who believe there is nothing beyond this life could easily despair of human effort and fall victim to sloth. "What difference does it make?" they might ask. But those of us who believe heaven awaits our coming have an unshakable reason for diligence. Nothing we do for God is in vain.
God's Warrior
"In all things, whatsoever you do…"
1. "Do all to the glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:31
2. "Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."
Colossians 3:17
3. "With all your heart as though working for the Lord."
Colossians 3:23
Consider what you did last week and plan to do this week. Ask yourself, "Am I doing this to the glory of God, in the name of the Lord Jesus, with all my heart as though working for the Lord?"
