There Is No Loss In Obedience

November 11

"But brother goes to law against brother,
and that before unbelievers!
Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you
that you go to law against one another.
Why do you not rather ACCEPT WRONG?
Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?"
1 Corinthians 6:6-7

Sometimes the Scripture will test our faith to the limit. It's hard to imagine anyone in this litigious society having the depth of faith and commitment to Christ and his Word to actually forego going to court against another believer when he's been wronged. But Scripture advises us to accept wrong; to let oneself be cheated. What a manifest demonstration of the Spirit of God within, in anyone who has that depth of faith and commitment.

"But whoever slaps you on your right cheek,
turn the other to him also.
If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic,
let him have your cloak also.
And whoever compels you to go one mile,
go with him two."
Matthew 5:39-41

The believer must always remember that there is no loss in obedience. Whatever one forfeits because of following Christ, will be more than made up to him. Every act of obedience will reap a huge reward.

“'Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.'
In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong."
Job 1:21-22

Job lost EVERYTHING. But at the end of the story God supplied him with double of all that he lost.

Pray and ask for the grace and depth of faith which will enable you to do as Christ would do, and you truly will be greatly rewarded. There is no loss in obedience.