Coasting Christians

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord.  "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

Read Ephesians  4:17-29                          

                               "....take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."  Luke  12:19

     Take it easy now, take it easy!  This is the desire and dream of the natural man - to reach a place where he can retire from work and "take it easy."  Instead of thanking God for the blessing of labor, man does everything in his power to avoid work.  Although God has said, six days shalt thou labor, we have already cut it down to only five days and now the goal is four days a week.  Man wants to "take it easy."  The rich man in Luke 12, after he had filled his barns, said to himself,  "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up...take thine ease."  But God said until him,  "Thou fool."

     There is no retirement for the Christian, such as the world desires.  We must labor while it is today.  The shorter days and shorter work-week should be an opportunity for the believer to do more spiritual work for the Lord.  The world uses the extra leisure for idle pleasure and sinful indulgences.  The Christian, however, should welcome the freedom from secular work as an opportunity of work for the Lord.  Too many of us just waste our valuable leisure time and do nothing of an enduring nature.

     A man went to a recruiting station to enlist.  The officer in charge said,  "What branch of the service do you prefer - the Infantry or the Cavalry?  In the Infantry you walk, in the Calvary you ride."  The man thought a moment and said,  "Please sir, if I may, I'd prefer the Coast Guard where I can just coast!"

     Are you a coaster?  Or are you a rider, hitch-hiking your way?  Or do you walk at His command?

"Bread For Each Day"