Note: This may be the last blog for a few days. This blog is sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Rockport, and the church will be going through a process of changing servers for a few days beginning tomorrow. The blog may be back to normal by Monday.
October 21, 2020 (Wednesday)
This blog is dedicated to the proposition that serving Jesus is never the wrong thing to do. Worldly thinking comes up with statements like “Nice guys finish last,” or “Sometimes it doesn’t pay to do the right thing.” Please do not give in to negative thinking, believing that time is wasted if you are serving Jesus. “It pays to serve Jesus” is the title of our hymn for today, and a key line in that hymn is, “Our precious Redeemer each toil will repay.” That line is based upon Jesus’ promise. What promise, you may ask. Well, here it is:
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'” (Matthew 25:34-40 NIV).
Yes, it pays to serve Jesus. It pays every day. It pays every step of the way.
It Pays to Serve Jesus
Words and Music Frank C. Huston
1909
The service of Jesus true pleasure affords,
In Him there is joy without an alloy;
’Tis Heaven to trust Him and rest on His words;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
Refrain:
It pays to serve Jesus, it pays every day,
It pays every step of the way,
Though the pathway to glory may sometimes be drear,
You’ll be happy each step of the way.
It pays to serve Jesus whate’er may betide,
It pays to be true whate’er you may do;
’Tis riches of mercy in Him to abide;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
Refrain
Though sometimes the shadows may hang o’er the way,
And sorrows may come to beckon us home,
Our precious Redeemer each toil will repay;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
Refrain