INCONVENIENTLY SAVED

INCONVENIENTLY SAVED

Have you ever heard anyone say, "I can take you it's right on My way", sounds like a kingdom person for sure. But let's look at the picture closer, the deed costs nothing because it didn't take them out of their way, so there were no points there, the person needing a ride, was pleasant and attractive, so no points there, and the person slips the temporary driver $20 for gas, oops they got undeserved points. Now lets broaden the picture to include the day before, "Is anyone headed north, I am going south, but I will be glad to take you", this time the one needing a ride, had worn out clothes, hair is messed up, and in need of some deodorant. When they get out of the car, the driver slips the passenger a $20 bill. Now that's kingdom!

One time a man invited ... (Me over, and I explained to him)  "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back. [13] But when you give a banquet or a reception, invite the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind."Luke 14:12-13 (AMP

It's not wrong to invite your family and friends, it's just not kingdom, here's the principle; "if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that? [47] And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that?" Matthew 5:46-47 (AMP) In general here is the rule, if it's easy and convenient it may be nice, but not rewardable. If it didn't cost you anything you probably won't be paid for it. Now if it cost you and you told everybody what you did, their "WOW WHAT A GREAT CHRISTIAN YOU ARE" is your reward, don't expect to be rewarded again.  You must ... "not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward reserved for and awaiting you with and from your Father Who is in heaven". Matthew 6:1 (AMP)

HOWEVER letting people know what you are doing to get them involved or inspire them to do the same, is a must for a good leader, and you will in no way loose your reward.  But broadcasting it to receive their applause is the wrong motivation and cancels out your eternal reward. Do not be concerned about how others judge you, because I can see right into your heart and I know exactly what your motive is. There are certain times, I will let people see the good that you do, in order to encourage you to keep pressing on. "Humble yourselves feeling very insignificant in (My) presence ... and (I) will exalt you, (I) will lift you up and make your lives significant". James 4:10 (AMP)

The kingdom walk is a walk of daily inconveniences, or a life of going out of your way, which is the non spiritual way of saying, "dying to self". Comfort zones can be dangerous by leading to a hardened heart. Some people will not go out of their way for anyone. They would rather let someone walk home in freezing cold, than drive out of their way. Their is a point where ones own comfort means more to them, than I do. The very first act, of following Me, will lead you out of familiar territory, which is it's own comfort zone. To those who have this worlds goods, when I say FOLLOW ME the following  unspoken words are, out of your comfort zone. "Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many the price paid to set them free." Matthew 20:28 (AMP)

Follow Me and never again do things your way. Follow Me into the unknown, of the spirit world. Follow Me through world rejection, into kingdom acceptance. Follow Me into refreshing trouble, one that strangely leaves you, always smelling like a rose. Follow Me through deaths foreboding door which strangely opens to glorious eternal life. Follow Me to a world where the word, inconvenience is erased by the joy of servanthood. "If any man be in (Me), he is a new creature: old things (including all inconveniences)  are passed away; behold, all things are become new (like the joy of serving)." 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
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Jim Hammerle

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