Today I want to share from Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" again.
Is Your Profit Showing?
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all (1 Timothy 4:15).
If your profiting is to appear to all, then it is to show! Why is godliness profitable? Why is living for God, being God's child, walking in fellowship with God, keeping God's commandments, profitable?
It is because God has made some promises to His faithful children. Notice the word "promise" in yesterday's text: "having promise of the life that now is" (1 Timothy 4:8). God has made us promises in this life. Our profiting is because of these promises.
And when our profiting (which is due to God's promises) appears to all, we are able to show the world there is a God in the Church - just as when Israel was walking with God, she could show the earth "there is a God in Israel" (1 Samuel 17:46).
Confession: I will meditate upon God's promises and give myself wholly to them, that my profiting may appear to all.
The reason that we, the born again children of the Living God, are still on this earth instead of going directly to Heaven with our Father, is so that we can show forth HIS goodness, His grace, His mercy, His love, His protection, provision and safety, so that those watching our lives can see HIM in us! We have all of eternity to be with HIM, but the longing of His heart is that NONE should perish (2 Peter 3:9)! So, when we show HIM off, HE will draw all men unto Himself! Will everyone choose Him? WE don't know and that is NOT our business! OUR business is to present Him! So, let's be about this great business of presenting JESUS to everyone we meet by standing on His Word and allowing Him to fulfill it in our lives! Here is Hillsong with "No Reason To Hide":Shalom in Him!
