Your Labor Is Not In Vain

Meditations in First Corinthians

June 29, 2022

Your Labor Is Not In Vain 

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

1 Corinthians 15:58

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Today’s passage, especially the verse quoted above, stands in contrast to the words of Solomon in this passage from Ecclesiastes 1:1-3,

The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,

    vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

 What do people gain from all the toil

    at which they toil under the sun?

Solomon’s words seem so cynical until you read all of Ecclesiastes. When you do, you find Solomon was focused on those who seek to work out the meaning of their life apart from God. Paul reveals to us another way to work out the meaning of our lives in Acts 17:28,

For in him we live and move and exist.

At the beginning of today’s passage, Paul again affirmed the wonderful news that in Christ we are destined to live eternally with God. Paul then punctuates this truth with verse 57, “But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Paul believed that knowing our future is secure in Christ should motivate us to become co-laborers with Christ, building for the Kingdom of God.

My Takeaway: God is working all things together for His good in our lives, (Romans 8:28), therefore, nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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