Daily Lesson for October 20, 2021

 Today's Daily Lesson comes from 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 58:

Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

We need to be strong today. We need to be brave.

We need to believe that the work that is given for us to do right now matters. The witness that has been given unto us for just this very time is necessary, and important, and does have consequence.

Paul wrote the words of today's lesson in the context of the shadow of death and despair. Everyone was so optimistic. But then optimism turned to pessimism. The Lord did not return like they thought. Loved ones died. Disillusionment set in. Everything was so disappointing and so disheartening.

But Paul reminded them. They were to be steadfast and immovable. They were to keep the faith.

We are to keep the faith. We are to hold out. We are to hold on. And even if it doesn't seem to matter, it does matter. What we do does have consequence -- even if we won't live to see what kind of difference is being made.

"You know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain," Paul says.

Do we know it? Do we believe it?

Lord, I believe; but help me in my unbelief.

Me, and all others who labor on this hard, hard earth also.

Ryon Price is Senio Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.