Getting the Job Done

I was in the nursery yesterday. What a blessing. A tiring one, but a blessing just the same. As I was sitting there I was thankful for that room all set up with toys, and furniture and complete with a toddler bathroom. I can remember when we had nursery in the library of the school where we met for church before we had a building. Now that was interesting!! Trying to keep all those little hands away from all those books was a challenge!! But no more!! For almost four years we've been experiencing the blessings of a church building. It is good to remember what life was like before the building, and to remember what it cost us in labor and finances to have our building. Four years ago we were all pushing to get the work done. Floors were scraped. Walls were painted. Doors, trim, tables were sanded, stained and polyurethaned. Everyone who was a member of the church at that time had a job to do. With prayer and perspiration the job got done.

In listening to Tim's message yesterday afternoon I was helped to learn there is a way to defeat the "enemy within" (the flesh). We need to have a good memory and an active faith. We need to remember that "those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh" (Galatians 5 24). And we need "faith working through love" (Galatians 5:6).

Just as remembering what it cost us to have our church building can give us a renewed appreciation for our building, I want always to remember what it cost Christ to get the job of salvation done for me. And from that place of remembrance I can live in active faith working through love in Him. Doubt and fear be gone!!