Today’s devotion comes from Revelation 14:12-13. (We repeat verse 12 from yesterday’s devotion.)
“12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.” Revelation 14:12-13.
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Today’s Scripture teaches us that our deeds follow us. In other words, our labor is not in vain. Our labors will produce fruit, and we will be rewarded for our labor.
“Perseverance of the Saints” a/k/a “Preservation of the Saints” (the “P” of “TULIP”, the Five Points of Calvinism, the Reformed Doctrine of Salvation) causes our labor to not be in vain. We persevere in our labors, and God preserves us by working within us. Either way of looking at it, from man’s side or God’s side, it is the grace of God.
“Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.” Psalm 127:1
“It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.” Psalm 127:2
“They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord, And their descendants with them.” Isaiah 65:23
“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58
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