Devotion 23

I finally finished reading the sermons talking about 2 Timothy Chapter 1, so good...

What got stuck in my mind right now is this beautiful thought:

A man shall carry a bucket of water on his head and be very tired with the burden. But that same man when he dives into the sea shall have a thousand buckets on his head without perceiving their weight because he is in the element entirely surrounds him.

The duties of holiness are very irksome to men who are not in the element of holiness, but once those men are cast into the element of grace then they bear ten times more and feel no weight but are refreshed thereby with joy unspeakable.

I cannot agree more, duty can be the greatest joy or the deepest pain, ministry is a bittersweet thing. It can be a tremendous burden if you are not in the element of holiness, but once you get in that very element you begin to function as it is a way of life, then no single duty is a burden at all, instead it is a joy.

We are chosen as vessels by God to serve Him for the advancement of the Gospel. Remember that we have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to do the job. I pray that God will keep strengthening us and giving us the grace to fulfill our duty.