Earned Wages

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23.  When we work for someone, we earn a salary, based on the job we do, or the hours we put in. In a spiritual sense, there is also a wage to be earned, depending on  who your “employer” is?  There are only two options; either we work for God, or Satan, it’s as simple as that. Obviously God is the wise choice, the benefits he offers are great, and his retirement plan is out of this world! He is a fair, but demanding boss requiring us to do our very best in return for our wages.

 In reality, we all worked for Satan, before accepting Christ‘s offer. Our sinful natures held us to him like indentured slaves.  Truth be known, none of us really minded working for him, because he allowed us to do whatever pleased our flesh… sin. Blinded by the fun we were having, we ignored the real salary we were earning…death.  Not the physical death, that all of us will eventually face, but the spiritual one that will separate us from God for eternity.

No wise person will start a job without asking what the salary and benefits will be.  In the same way, we need to be absolutely sure about the boss that we have pledged our time and talents to, and what the actual wages, due us, are.