1 Corinthians 5:9, 14-15
"Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him...For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."
The labor that Paul speaks of here is not good works in order that we might receive our salvation. Rather, it is a labor driven by a love. A love that will let us do nothing else.
We have a daily struggle, the flesh fighting the Spirit within. If we were to daily surrender to the Holy Spirit, we would daily walk in this love of Christ that compels us to labor for Him. We would live our lives not for our own benefit, but for Him Who died.
Christ's love and sacrifice for us must be the motivation behind our labor. If it is not, it is done in the flesh and will not endure.
Am I laboring for Christ? What is my motivation, what compels me?
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