Ladies, Ladies…All the Ladies!!

I’ve been thinking about contentment all week.  I couldn’t help but realize that Christ –in all–is my reward..anything else is added blessing.  He gives and He takes away because it is all His to begin with.  This thought brings such peace to my heart as I pray through worries and fears I struggle with regarding the protection of my family.  The only thing, really that is mine… that can’t be taken away is my eternal salvation in Him through Jesus Christ. 

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28

–therein lies my reward.  Not the promise of a perfect, happy life….not an “if I obey Christ and adhere to all of His teachings, then I will be blessed” kind of life.  I have already received my reward….and that is my salvation.  All else falls under “added blessings to enjoy while He permits.”  Scary…yet comforting. I pray for a kind of perspective that focuses my heart on the greater reward.  Not worldly “instant gratifiers” that receive their payment in full… but eternal gratifiers.  Ones that withstand all eternity–my relationship with Jesus Christ and my life, now, unto Him –Here are just a few words of a song I wrote awhile back, but feel like the Lord wants me to share them.  And I must ask…as I ask myself…whose race am I running?  What accolades am I desiring?  Are they found in the rewards of Christ?

I have labored, I have toiled

for these trophies in my hands

but when that wind begins to blow

they are just as grains of sand

Oh precious Christ, my precious Savior

You gladly took what I deserved

Gave me life, Found in me favor

precious Christ, my sweet reward

Precious Christ, my sweet reward