God needs us to reach to the ends of the earth
with the gospel. We are the Word made flesh, just as
Jesus was, and are the carriers of God’s Word. If this
world doesn’t hear the good news about Jesus from
us—the Church—it will never hear it at all.

We have the same opportunity Jesus had to do the
will of the Father. He laid down His life with His
Father in glory, to come to the earth to condemn sin
in the flesh, and to make a way for us to be born
again. Now, as spirit beings with the life of God in us,
we are capable of manifesting God’s Spirit in this
earth. We are to lay down our lives in the flesh, yield
to the Spirit of God and obey Him. If that were not
the plan, He would have raptured the Church a long
time ago!

He came to set up His kingdom—and He did. We
enter into that kingdom by grace through faith and
become messengers of God’s grace, telling the world
they can be born again by faith in Jesus Christ.

We have learned to walk by faith. Now we must be
faithful with what we know and do whatever is
necessary to harvest the souls on the earth. As we
become more faithful to God than to ourselves, we’ll
experience the power of God we have sought. The
Scripture says if we sow to the spirit, we will reap life
and peace; but if we sow to the flesh, we’ll reap
corruption and death (Romans 8:4-14; Galatians
6:7-8). Ours is a generation that will sow to the spirit.

God is calling us to be faithful and alert to
spiritual things. Jesus frequently spoke about
faithfulness. In Matthew 24:44-45 He said: “Therefore
be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not
the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and
wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his
household, to give them meat in due season?”

I have made the decision to be faithful. You
should do the same. No one can do it for you. I have
put my name by this verse in my Bible: “Gloria is a
faithful and wise servant.” Commit yourself to be a
faithful and wise servant. Say from your heart, “God,
You can count on me.”

According to the parable in Matthew 24, “Blessed
is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall
find so doing.” Doing what? Doing what he is told to
do: Being faithful to his Lord. Jesus did not say any
servant would be blessed. The slothful servant wasn’t
blessed. He was not enjoying the benefits of the
faithful servant who was blessed by his lord.

In Matthew 25, Jesus told the parable about the wise
and foolish virgins. He was making the same point:
Those who were diligent and prepared were blessed.

Gloria Copeland