MORNING MANNA 10-14-22
LOVE’S LOYALTY
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.’ – 1 Cor. 4:2
Every child of God should be faithful to God. Not because the preacher says so, but out of love for the Lord. The following true story illustrates love’s loyalty:
” When Louis Lawes became warden of Sing Sing Prison in 1920, the inmates existed in wretched conditions. This led him to introduce humanitarian reforms. He gave much of the credit to his wife Kathryn, however, who always treated the prisoners as human beings. She would often take her three children and sit with the gangsters, the murderers, and the racketeers while they played basketball and baseball. Then in 1937, Kathryn was killed in a car accident. The next day her body lay in a casket in a house about a quarter of a mile from the institution. When the acting warden found hundreds of prisoners crowded around the main entrance, he knew what they wanted. Opening the gate, he said, “Men, I’m going to trust you. You can go to the house.” No count was taken; no guards were posted. Yet not one man was missing that night. Love for one who had loved them made them dependable. Christ has revealed the Father’s grace to us “while we were yet sinners” (Rom. 5:8). Because of what He did on Calvary, we have been freed from sin’s bondage and the condemnation of the law. Unlike those prisoners, we don’t have to return to confinement. Yet the same motive that kept them from running away should also account for our faithful service for Christ. May our love for Him, more than fear, shame, or even duty, be the reason we want to do what’s right.”
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
