The nursery rhyme of rowing your boat gently down the stream and thinking life is but a dream is supposedly about perseverance. But to me, it sounds like a serene traveler leisurely rowing downstream, hoping for a good life. Going with the flow, desiring life’s best earnestly, or doing more than enough cannot earn anyone life’s best here (Eph 2:8). As sinners, we deserve death. Yet, God offers everyone everlasting life: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
Salvation from sin is God’s gift to mankind, and Jesus promised a
place in heaven with His Father and Him for all cleansed by His shed blood
(John 14:2–3). Whether gently “rowing our boats” downstream or facing life’s struggles
head-on, rowing upstream, God’s holy presence and power working in and through His
children help us live this life victoriously until we are with Him forever. Until
that day, Paul says for us to be steadfast and immovable, always working
enthusiastically for the Lord, knowing our labors for Him are never useless (1
Cor 15:58).
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