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I
remember the day I was hired by a large company here in town. After we
had discussed my responsibilities, wages, hours, etc. I was asked two
questions. The first was did I want an automatic deposit for my paycheck.
In other words, on payday, did I want the company to automatically deposit
my net wages into my bank account. The second question was did I want
to sign up for their health benefits.
Just for fun, let’s pretend that we are working for a
company called Christ and Sons. We have just gone through the same hiring process as
I described above. We were asked the same two questions and yes, we signed up for both the
automatic deposit and their medical insurance.
Let's say we have just worked for them our first two weeks and today
is payday. Hallelujah! It’s payday! Our first paycheck! And
our salary is really good. It’s going to be a really good paycheck!
So, we go home at 5 p.m., sit down – and start crying!
Our husbands ask us what is
the matter. We reply, “Today’s payday! My first
paycheck and I know it’s a really good paycheck!”
“So,” our husbands answer, “what’s wrong with
that?”
“I don’t have the money!” (Fresh wails and
sobs.)
“What do you mean, ‘you don’t have the
money’? Didn’t you tell me that you signed up for automatic deposit?
“
“Yes, I signed up.”
“Then I don’t get it. What’s the problem?
If you signed up, they deposited the check, and you have the money.”
“Do I? I don’t know. I mean, maybe they
meant they would do it for everyone else in the company, but maybe it doesn’t apply
to me.”
(Husbands starting to get frustrated.)
“Look, honey,
you just said you signed up for automatic deposit. Why wouldn’t it be for you
just as much as anyone else who signed up for it?”
“I don’t know. Maybe I need to work for them longer
than just two weeks. Besides that, maybe I don’t deserve to get paid. I
made several mistakes, being new and all.”
(Husbands throw up their hands and walk away with a confused look
on their faces.) |
We continue to sit there crying. “I don’t have
the money, so I can’t go to the grocery store. I guess we’ll just have to
starve. And I won’t be able to buy that new winter coat that I’m needing.
Guess I’ll just freeze as well.”
Sound silly? Wait, though. It gets better. We
don’t think we have the money. But we continue to go to work everyday –
just in case!
Now we are starving ourselves because we don’t think we have money to buy
food, and we’re freezing because we don’t believe we can get a winter coat
to wear to work.
So, we start getting sick. We need to go to a doctor.
But no! We can’t do that. We don’t have the money! We
know we signed up for medical insurance, but it could be a test. Maybe they’re
trying to teach us something! So let’s not ask them for help. Let’s
just suffer
so they’ll see what wonderful employees we are!
After reading this story, all of you are should be saying,
“How could anyone be so stupid? I mean, they signed up, had the automatic
deposit and medical insurance, but they didn’t draw on their account!’
Yes, it sounds stupid. But unfortunately, that story is all
too real. It may not happen in the fictional company of Christ and Sons, but it does
happen in Christ’s Kingdom. Too many Christians don’t draw on their
account. We receive Christ as our Savior, but we don’t understand the benefits
that are ours. We have been taught that salvation through the name of Jesus assures
us of a ticket to Heaven, but that’s all there is. We’ve been lied to and
told that the victorious life that Christ told us about is for the “hereafter”.
But friends, the Truth is, the victorious life that Christ told us about is for the
“here and now”.
In the original translation, “Savior” comes from the
Greek root word "sozo". That word means to deliver, protect, heal, save
and make whole. Christ came to deposit an abundance in our account. Absolutely
everything you could ever need, or think of, is already at your disposal. It is
waiting in your account for you to draw from it!
Don’t allow the company of
Satan, Demons and Demons, to lie
to you any more. If you are working for Christ and Sons, you have everything.
And you have it for a victorious life today.
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