Praise the lord, Beloved, and Greetings in the Name of the One who said, “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few” (Luke 10:2). The author of these words is none other than our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is in His Name that I greet you.
Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “If Two Shall Agree” - most people are pressed for time. They plan everything up to the last minute, then they try to squeeze prayer in. Therefore, they are continually on the run, constrained by their time schedules, until our Lord allows something to grip them. Then, these same people want God to deliver them immediately, even though they know that before their crisis, they didn’t exhibit the same emotion and urgency when it came to the commands of God.
Precious ones, a case in point is the story of a rich man and a poor man, Lazarus, who both died (see Luke 16:19-31). The rich man suffered the torments of hell, while Lazarus found a place of rest in paradise. The rich man wanted Abraham to just let Lazarus dip his finger in cold water and come all the way from paradise to cool his tongue. Yet, while he was alive, he didn’t have the time to even give Lazarus a sandwich as he lay starving right at his doorstep. How could some people expect so much when they have done so little? Chosen Ones, this is why our God, Jesus, ordained the principle of “two agreeing”. In the times when you fall short in observing the principles of God’s Kingdom, your prayer-partner should cover your slackness, and you should do the same for them. Paul said, “...submit yourselves...to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth” (I Corinthians 16:16).
I will write more on this subject next week.
Until then, know this,
I love my fellow-laborers with all my heart,
In His Love,
Pastor William L. McCoy
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