Hard Work & Sacrifice? Part 2 (TMF:1914)

Thursday, August 11, 2022
Peace to Live By: Hard Work & Sacrifice? Part 2 (TMF:1914) - Daniel Litton
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       To put it plain and simply, the reality is that whatever we want in life doesn’t have to be received from hard work and sacrifice, trying hard, bending over backwards, or fighting for it. Yes, these methods can, and certainly often do, allow people to receive what they want. It’s just that, they aren’t needed, especially for the Christian. Even the non-Christian can win from this kind of mindset, for God gives his good things both to the good and bad, and to those who put into practice his basic, universal, all-encompassing laws. James tells us that “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.” Do you see that? These gifts are called good and perfect. They are good and perfect in that they will match our own desire. Is it not God’s will to give his children good things that they ask him for? These good and perfect gifts, the things we want, they come to us from the Father of lights. This title for God, the Father of Lights, this is a title from the Jewish people—who remember, this letter is addressed to by James.