What Is Our Work For The Lord?

What Is Our Work for the Lord?


Sandra D A lot of people say they don't ever do anything for the Lord. I guess they are thinking of the ones who preach, teach, are missionaries, and so forth. But the Bible tells us exactly what our work is:



John 6: 28-29 -- "Then said they unto Jesus, What shall we do that we might work the works of God?

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe

on Him whom He has sent." Our faith is the work God wants of us. To believe

on the One whom He sent.



And in another place. Jesus said our work was to love one another. In this will the world know that we are of God, and that He has come into our lives. We are vessels to house the Holy Spirit of God. It is this Holy Spirit, who is all that God is, that works in us and through us to minister to the world.



If we fight and bicker and have a bad attitude, how will others see the Light of Jesus in us? It is by our behavior more than our words that others see what God wants them to be. Our faith, held to firmly in spite of all the trials and troubles we have, shows others that we have something worth suffering for. Jesus suffered more than any of us ever will. And we cannot expect to live for Him, to be His servant, if we shun suffering. Most of our suffering comes from those who know us. They have a hard time believing that God can use us for anything good. The same was true of Jesus.



Do you live with someone who is hard to get along with? How do you act and react in that person's presence? It is this that will make a difference in that person's life. It takes a lot of time to make another person believe we have what God has put in us. Most of us at one time acted from the flesh and did not show the light of Jesus. So, as our lives change, and we begin to live in the light of Jesus, having peace and joy, it is hard for someone who has known the old person to believe in the new one.



Sometimes new Christians or people who have come to know the Truth want to tell others in their lives what the Bible says or what the Holy Spirit has shown them. This is mostly met with anger or resentment by the one we are speaking to. It comes out as though we have found something they don't have and we are trying to correct them. Well, that may be our motive, but it is not the way to win the people in our lives to Jesus. It is by our behavior that others will see Jesus. This is much harder to do than to talk. It is easier to tell what we are learning. But to live it is much harder. This means that we must be vigilant and alert to what we are doing, saying, how we are reacting, and constantly listen to the Holy Spirit. If we truly are trying to live by the way He leads us, He will stop us with a check in our spirits if we do the wrong thing.



So, spend much time with the Father and in the Word. Learn. Listen. Let the Holy Spirit lead. Then will we be able to show to the people around us and to the world that we have something worth standing up for. We will be lights in a dark world.



Sandra