One time when the Jewish leaders were harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath, Jesus responded: “My Father never stops working, so why should I?” (John 5:17).
Wanting to be like Jesus, the disciples asked: “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” And Jesus answered, “This is what God wants you to do: BELIEVE in the One he has sent” (John 6:27-29).
God’s work assignment for you is to “believe” in Jesus. “Believing” means “growing (increasing, maturing) in faith.” Every Christian knows the “work” of growing in faith requires diligence—displacing the destructive “mis-beliefs” from our minds. But, thank God, we are in partnership with Jesus—it is a “working relationship.”
Paul explains: “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Ephesians 2:10). He works in us, so we are able to do the work He created us to do. In other words, we are not ‘fit’ to do His work until we become (and keep on becoming) His workmanship.
In these days of deception and doctrinal confusion, you and I must be diligent to do the work of growing in faith and helping others to do so as well. Jesus said: ‘when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?’ Question is, are we being "God's workmanship" so we can do the works of faith He has created us to do?
Time is running out. Jesus warned “Work while it is day for the night is coming when no man can work” (John 9:4).
Greg,
ReplyDeleteAn interesting commmentary upon your remarks is from Mark 16:20--
"And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen." KJV
This, among the other scriptures you cited, adds a personal touch to the idea of working together by suggesting that the Lord will choose to work alongside of us in the tasks we choose by validating our efforts with "signs following." Waht signs? Whatever ones fit the occasion. That is left up to Him to decide. Pretty neat, huh?
Stan
Hey Stan. The most personal touch is the wording in Proverbs 8:30 “then I was beside Him, like a master workman, and I was daily His delight... (the Father and Son)
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine the delight shared by the two of them as they worked together, planning, imagining, and creating the world!! Wow! What we miss out on by not fully joining with Him in this partnership!!