Why be Faithful???

Why be faithful? Doesn’t that seem like a strange question for a pastor to ask? Of course I want you to be faithful. Often times with the New Year come new challenges and new opportunities. We begin to be stretchered in ways physically, mentally and financially. Some of the things look great on the outside but will turn out to be rotten on the inside. Some of the things might look skeptical at the beginning but will turn out wonderful at the end. Some things may look like a waste of money on the front end but the eternal impact will be everlasting. We as followers of Christ are commanded not to give up, not to grow tired in well doing. What does that really mean for you and me? Well I think it means much of what I have already said. When we are doing things for Jesus we should continue to press on regardless of how it may look on the outside. I know that you hear me say a lot about working for Jesus. I know personally it is easy to want to give up or just kind of back off a little bit. Don’t do it. You will fight to ever get started again. I also know from personal experience that it is easy not to give to the local church when things are tight or when there are other things you want to do. Understand that without your giving or your working the ministry of our local church stops. So to answer the why be faithful question? Because people you may know or people you have never met depend upon your faithfulness to hear about Jesus.