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No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying. — Billy Graham

Colossians 2:18 (KJV) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

There’s that little phrase again “Let no man” if you remember we read that earlier in verse 16 and it was dealing with judging. Here it is dealing with deceiving. In the book of Matthew we read this.

Matthew 5:12 (KJV) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. That is interesting, we are told to Rejoice, be Exceedingly Glad why? For Great is your Reward in Heaven. Then in  1 Corinthians 3:14 (KJV) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. When we read the word “work” we are plainly told that our work has nothing to do with you and I going to heaven. But it has everything to do with our Christian lives. We all work for a living to put food and clothes and enjoyments in our lives. Have you ever noticed that some are better at what they do than others?  Have you ever stopped and asked yourself why? Here is what I have noticed, some work for a paycheck and that’s it. Others enjoy what they do and they work at learning more about what they do therefore they become better at what they do. Have you lost the excitement of your Salvation? Have you let someone else rob you of your moving forward in your Christian life? I love the hymn 

“More About Jesus” 

More about Jesus would I know,
More of His grace to other show;
More of His saving fullness see,
More of His love who died for me.

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More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me. 

Let no man deceive you of your reward, don’t worship angels for in doing so you’ll forget about Jesus. I don’t know about you but I do want to know more about Jesus. It’s not because of an reward but of what Jesus did for me. There was this young girl one evening that smiled at me and I wanted to know more about her, I wanted to know more about her smile, I wanted to look into brown eyes. Oh my, it looked as if Vietnam would soon be my destination and I needed to act if I were to ever know this brown eyed girl and learn more of her smile. So I just asked her to marry me and she said yes and now for the last 55 years I have gotten to look into those brown eyes and learn more about that smile. We have laughed, shared our dreams and we still hold hands and I can’t imagine life without her oh what a smile can do. Jesus came by and I have never been the same and I’m not about to let someone rob me of my joys by deceiving me. That’s why I study His Word, tell others of His wonderful saving grace because I don’t want to be average, I want to know Him. In a crowd I can spot a brown eyed girl who one day smiled at me, you know why? Because I know her! I could write and write a lot about her and I can also write and write a lot about Jesus because I know Him.