Romans 12:11-‘Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality..’
DAILY READING; Luke 1:1-25; Ezekiel 33; Isaiah 57
In 1921, a young Italian immigrant was among the thousands of Europeans who came searching for fortune in America.
At age 21, Anthony Rossi arrived from Sicily to America with nothing but the clothes on his back. He was unable to speak any English, without formal education, and with no money or connections to help him get started in America. However, his fortune changed when he was befriended by a Christian couple who helped him to come to know Christ as his Savior and Lord.
One Sunday in church, Rossi prayed to God to give him an idea for a business, and promised to be faithful to give back a portion of everything he made towards God’s work. After this prayer, he began to receive business ideas.
Within just a few years of arriving on America’s shores, Rossi purchased taxicabs, a grocery store, a farm, a cafeteria, and a restaurant. As he had promised God, Anthony Rossi faithfully gave 50% of his income to the work of the Gospel!
The most profound idea he received was the making of fresh orange juice. In the mid-1940s, Rossi relocated to Florida where he took over a small orange juice company and through innovation, creativity and tenacity, transformed it. In 1947 he established Tropicana Products, Inc. which employed 2,800 workers.
This company would eventually grow to become the largest fresh-chilled orange juice company in the world. Anthony Rossi continued to faithfully give towards the expansion of God’s kingdom. He supported missions, church planting, and eventually established the Aurora Foundation. This organization also funded Christian educational institutions, missions, and other charities.
Anthony Rossi arrived America, poor and with no formal education, yet his passionate commitment to seeking God and serving His kingdom soon changed his story.
Truly, serving God and the interest of His Kingdom pays unmatchable benefits!
Serving God is serious business, and those who engage in it are lifted by God’s grace to great heights.
It is only the believers who refuse to serve diligently that fail to enjoy the profits of redemption because profiting is reserved for those passionately engaged in the Father’s business.[Luke 2:49].
Paul said in Romans 12:11 [KJV] “be not slothful in business, but fervent in spirit; serving the Lord”
We must refuse to be slothful or lazy towards the Father’s business so as to see guaranteed returns on our kingdom investment. God is truly committed in taking care of those who seek Him.
Psalms 34:10 says ‘The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
The word ‘seek’ in the above scripture simply means ‘serve’. And Job 36:11 says: If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Surely, you cannot place God first and come last in life. You can’t obey and serve Him sincerely and not end up blessed beyond measure. He is the ever covenant-keeping God who is ever reliable, ever dependable and always blesses those who choose to serve Him sincerely.
Kingdom service is a covenant with God. And God says in Psalm 89:34, ‘My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips’
When we keep our part of the covenant by sincerely serving God, surely He keeps His part by blessing and empowering us for dominion on the earth.
PRAYER;
Father, please grant me the grace to passionately serve You and pursue Your business on earth. Thank You Lord, for enabling me to always make the advancement of Your Kingdom my priority in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE
When you make God your priority, God automatically makes you priority in His own plan. – WORDBITE 222.