“...far better: Nevertheless...more needful.”
(Phil. 1:23-24)
GIVING UP THE ONE FOR THE OTHER
There will be times in your life when you will be torn between choosing what is “far better,” and what is “more needful.” The former pertains to your life, the latter to the life of others. What is better for you may not be best for others. In such situations you will find what is better is not always best at that particular time, but rather what is needful.
JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE
In John chapter four we’re told Jesus was wearied in His journey, as well as being left hungry and thirsty, yet He went some twenty to twenty-five miles out of His way because, we are told, it was a “must needs” case. In the life of this gentle-giant of a Man, it was never a question of what was best for Him, but what was needful in the lives of others!
THE BEST IS YET TO COME
Those stalwart saints who have sacrificed the “far better” in their lives for what is “more needful” in the lives of others will find that the “far better” awaits them up the road apiece. A man or woman with old-fashioned integrity pays his or her bills on time; you can be sure God pays His when due. Or as the Holy Scripture puts it, “In due time.”
“For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”
(Heb. 6:10)
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