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      How involved are you in the work of the Eternal Creator, Yahweh? Are you one of the many covenant people out there that basically have a good heart, give their money to help the poor, honor the Sabbath Day, but just don’t have any extra time during a hectic, filled week to put into the work of Yahweh?

I once met a man who told me that after his two 8 and 9-year-old daughters were grown and married, (in about 15 years or so) then, he would start to think about getting involved in the work of Yahweh. How sad it is today that most covenant believers have no idea what responsibility they have as a disciple of Yahshua in the end time work of calling back the children of Israel into covenant relationship with Yahweh.

Luk 14:33 So then every one of you who does not forsake all his possessions is not able to be My disciple.

Yahshua was very clear that to enter covenant relationship with Him meant that you had to give Him total surrender of your life; that everything you had, including finances to physical talents, such as building or playing a musical instrument, had to be used for His glory and not your own. And to be a disciple of His, you had to recognize that you belonged to the One who purchased your soul with His very own blood.

1st Cor 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from YAHWEH, and you are not of yourselves?

1st Cor 6:20 You were bought with a price; then glorify YAHWEH in your body, and in your spirit, which belong to YAHWEH.

In western society people are brainwashed into thinking that freedom is some sort of inalienable right. People are taught from almost birth to do what is best for themselves and that humans are basically good people.

However, Scripture states the exact opposite:

Rom 3:10 According as it has been written, “There is none righteous, not even one!”

Rom 3:11 “There is not one understanding; there is not one seeking YAHWEH.”

Rom 3:12 All turned away, they became worthless together, not one is doing goodness, not so much as one!”

Do we grasp that fact in our lives? Do we truly believe from the depth of our being that we had a death penalty to pay on judgment day, and that only by surrendering our life to Yahweh, by the shed blood of His Son Yahshua, can we have eternal life dwelling in us today?

Do we honestly consider ourselves, not only disciples, but living slaves to our Master Yahshua; the One who redeemed us from our death sentence to the promise of our eternal inheritance in the physical land of Israel to reign with Him for all eternity?

Simon, the Pharisee from Luke the seventh chapter was one who could not see this. The Pharisees fasted twice in a week, and they gave the tithe of all their possessions, and thought of themselves as basically above their normal Jewish counterparts of their day. Simon, as many of the Pharisees of his day, just couldn’t see himself as a sinner in need of redemption. Just the opposite; through their self-righteousness they justified themselves in not only not needing the Messiah of their day, but actually, even played a role in having Him crucified.

This is such a vital point that believers need to see today. They need to grasp the fact of their grace (redemption) every day of their lives. It is only through this realization, that apart from Yahweh and His Spirit living in us, that we are totally worthless. It is only through this realization that we can start to allow Yahweh’s Ruach (Spirit) to fill us with His very love, which is His character.

Luk 7:47 For I say this to you. Because her sins that are forgiven her are many, she has loved much. But he that is forgiven little loves Him little.

We need to internalize daily that wonderful redemption that the Heavenly Father is doing in our lives and the lives of all His chosen elect worldwide. And the greatest way to show gratitude to Yahweh for sending His Son to die for the penalty of our sins is to share that salvation with others.

Ezekiel 18 states that it is not the will of Yahweh that any should perish from His creation, yet because He loves us, He gives to us freewill to choose life from death. Obedience and loyalty to His written Torah is life, and disobedience to His Torah and choosing our own way to live only leads to death. So, the greatest way to show appreciation for what He has done in our life is to share this wonderful gift of salvation with others.

John 4:35 Do you not say that after four months comes the harvest? Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields that are white and have ripened for the harvest already.

John 4:36 And he that reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit unto life that is eternal.

This scripture is very interesting. In John the second chapter, Yahshua was going up to Jerusalem for the Passover and now it is after that time a bit, probably right around Shavuot. We know this for sure as John 5:1 states about Him going back to Jerusalem later for a feast, which would have been Sukkot. But the interesting part is that here in what we would call the Roman month of June, the fields were white to harvest. Only in a Sabbatical year would fields be white to harvest in June at Shavuot. However, due to the Shemita they still would not be able to actually harvest until about 4 months later when the Sabbatical year would end, and harvesting could begin after Yom Teruah. A Sabbatical year is supposed to be a year of rest, and Yahshua used this analogy to show that when it comes to the work of Yahweh there is no Sabbatical rest.

John 4:34 Yahshua said to them, My food is that I should do the will of Him who sent Me, and that I may finish His work.

Yahshua was totally focused on the work of Yahweh and the mission He was sent to. How about you? The work of Yahweh is what He has been doing in the New Covenant Congregation for almost 2,000 years now. It is not the work of some man or corporate church, but the work of Yahweh, and He blesses us when He allows us to participate in the wonderful work that He is doing in the world today.

The work is not the same for any one of us. Some, like myself, have been blessed to be evangelists, and physically take the Good News message to people worldwide. Others are pastors and teachers, others are prayer warriors and intercessors, and still others have been blessed to use their physical skills of building, or computer work, or to give of their physical mammon that they have been blessed with to help provide to the great work that Yahweh is doing worldwide.

John 4:37 For in this the word is true, that another is the one sowing, and another the one reaping.

John 4:38 I sent you to reap what you have not labored over. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.

But one thing is clear, we are all on the same team and there is only one leader, our Savior, Yahshua Messiah. We are all ambassadors for the Kingdom of Yahweh. This is our first and foremost commission in life. Anything else is merely there to either temporarily provide for our existence or to teach us some lesson on our way to the Kingdom.

Let us remember this in such a fast paced, complicated world, that no matter what we are doing on any given day, that this is our vocation, and this is what we are preparing for. And if we truly want to reign with Yahshua Messiah for all eternity, then we must prepare now for that great commission to come. Like any other important job, we have to get training for the great assignment that will be given to us at Yahshua’s return.

Remember Yahshua’s words:

Mat 9:37 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the workers few.

Let us be about our Heavenly Father’s business and be reaping fruit for His Kingdom as without fruit we will not be accounted worthy to be there.

John 15:2 Every branch in Me not bearing fruit, He takes it away; and each one bearing fruit, He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

John 4:36 And he that reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit unto life that is eternal. And the sower and the reaper together will rejoice.