Evening Reflecting - The EVERYTHING You Do Matters . Colossians 3:17, 23-25 - 17 Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. This evening, I want to celebrate people who perform acts of service on behalf of others that will never gain the home, work or even house of God recognition deserved. Amazingly to Christ, literally EVERYTHING you do counts especially if you intentionally pay Him the ending credits of the whole of your deeds. And He intends to reward you in select ways now and before His coming throne. Christ changes the game completely as to the worth of our deeds. He broadens the value of ALL we do and say, making EVERYTHING reward worthy before His coming throne. The prerequisite for such lies with us: Can we envision gratefully representing and serving Christ in EVERYTHING, not just choice points of practice we deem personally important? - Whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Theres something about the mindset of working for people rather the Lord that diminishes the entire worthiness process of EVERYTHING mattering. People dont or wont value what the Lord values and possibly cant. EVERYTHING possibly only works for Christ. People tend to judge words and deeds foremost by importance systems of ego, not a value system of worth. Do words and deeds sell, sensitize and sensationalize?, seems to be what matters to some. And if they dont, to the human mind, they have no worth. But Christ completely eliminates the game of merely selling, sensitizing and sensationalizing and includes EVERYTHING said and done in His name and for His glory. What may not work to the worth and credit of people works for the worth and credit of Jesus Christ. And that should excite many of us - Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. Personally, I can see firsthand why EVERYTHING we say and do on behalf of others becomes reward worthy by Christ. I encounter select persons in my sphere of relationships who seem to treat with great care the words they speak and deeds they do towards others, most who are not pastors, ministers or missionaries of some sort. They seem to serve others as if very conscious Christ is their ultimate audience watching. And EVERYTHING they put forth will be remembered. Not just witnessing, disciple-making, preaching, teaching, pastoring and equipping gains our Lords attention, but EVERYTHING you say and do. A heart that lives supremely to honor Christ and His name somehow sees new found worth in speaking and doing in relationship to others. And it will probably take standing before Him to even settle the matter that EVERYTHING said and done has actual worth. Whatever you say or do, do it for the right audience; Jesus Christ. Hell turn EVERYTHING you do into value and worth that will last forever. Hes possibly the only person who can and will.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 01:31:53 +0000
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