GLEANINGS from the Daily Office- Ouch!

GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Ouch! – Year One, Proper 21, Thursday, October 1, 2015, Matthew 7:22-29

“I never knew you.”

Ouch! I was hoping for “well done good and faithful servant.”  What’s the difference? Hearing and doing.

All trees bear fruit but not all trees bear good fruit. So outwardly it may appear, especially from our ministry, that we are bearing good fruit. Not so fast.

Some do big ministry, even captivating ministry. But they still may not be known to Jesus when it matters, when the final curtain falls. Hearing and doing are critical. Being saved leads to obedience. All the public ministry in the world won’t cover rebellion. And God knows our heart.

–Frodo: “I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”-