Hebrews 6:10-11: For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Malachi 3:16-18: Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who meditate on His name.
"They shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them my jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him." Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
GOD IS NOT UNJUST: GOD is GOOD, GOD is JUST, GOD is LOVE.
GOD knows everything and everyone, and He knows the plans He has for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future. But so often we as believers feel like we're the great unknowns, the most unappreciated, the most visible forgotten. We work and labor in love and conflict, often alone, so we get weary and worn--burned out; we sow and plant praying for a good harvest but often wonder if any of our labor will be rewarded with good fruit.
We're giving everything we have for the glory and honor of GOD, for the encouragement and ministry of others--time, talent, and treasure--and nothing comes easy. Instead, our lives are often battlegrounds filled with opposition, challenges, adversaries.
But even in our hard times and struggles, our trials and tribulations, our poverty and lack, our floods and fires, our disappointments and heartaches, our sorrows and griefs, GOD does not forget us, for GOD is with us. So, we may be hard-pressed on every side, yet we're not crushed; we may be perplexed, but we're not in despair; we may be struck down, but we're not destroyed. In GOD we trust and in faith, we believe that all things work together for good to those who love GOD and are the called according to His purpose. And even when the world discounts us, mocks us, persecutes us, vilifies us, and writes us off, GOD REMEMBERS, EXALTS, and REWARDS US for lives well-spent and work well-done for His glory, in His name, because we're serving Him, not idols or this world.
GOD is not unjust but gracious, loving, and merciful: He remembers everyone who believes in and confesses His Son, JESUS CHRIST, as LORD and SAVIOR, and He writes our names in the Lamb's BOOK of LIFE, for GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
GOD is not unjust but faithful and true: He is unchanging, the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He rewards those who diligently seek Him, those who worship Him in Spirit and Truth, and those who serve him faithfully, enduring and overcoming as good workers until the end.
GOD is not unjust to forget our work and labor of love which we have shown toward His name, in that we have ministered to the saints, and do minister, but He remembers us--the world's ignored, the world's nobodies, the world's forgotten--and He calls us His own, His sons and daughters, His princes and princesses, and He promises on that Day, His Day, to make us His jewels and to spare us as a man spares his own son who serves him.
GOD is not unjust but good: He promises us new identities in JESUS CHRIST, heavenly rewards according to our works, and eternal life in His Presence, for in Revelation 3, JESUS, the KING of KINGS, assures the faithful Church, "I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name."
So, GOD is not unjust but majestic and matchless, for our GOD is LIVING, and our GOD is GOOD, our GOD is JUST, our GOD is LOVE.
