WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

If you are a Christian, then, no matter what you do for a living, you work for God…No matter who your earthly boss is, no matter what you do to earn money…No matter what you do, no matter who you do it for…No matter how much money you get paid for doing whatever it is that you do…Working for God is the best thing a person can do with their time and life…A real Christian works for God…

There is a great demand for workers for God…Jesus told His disciples, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His harvest…” Luke 10:2…

Jesus told His disciples not to say, “There are yet for months, and then comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest…and he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal: both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together…” John 4:35-36…

The apostle Paul told the Christians in the city of Corinth that they were, “Laborers together with God…”

The first work that you can do for God is to put your full trust in Jesus and do things according to His Word…

Jesus was asked this question…”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…” John 6:28-29…

To put your faith in Jesus means that you believe things will work out better if you do things His way rather that your own way…Jesus said, “The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life… John 6:63…

WHAT IS GOD DOING THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF?

1. Jesus clearly stated His mission…"The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which is lost…” Luke 19:10…

Jesus wants us to inform everyone that He has died for their sins and that He has been raised from the dead and wants to be their Savior and Lord…

2.We can aid those who are seeking the lost… John commended Gaius for the aid he had given to the traveling missionaries of that day…In the same letter John reprimanded Diotrephes for his vicious attitude, not only toward missionaries, also toward those who were aiding them…3rd John 1:5-11…As true Christians, we should join together in the battle to help save those which are lost…The fields are white and ready for harvest…We should aid those who are seeking the lost in Jesus name…!

3. Caring for the sick…Jesus healed a paralyzed man on the Sabbath and was highly criticized for doing so…John 5:8-16…This is a very important mission that we can become involved in as we join together with Christ and other Christians…The world right outside your on front door is full of people, right now, that need our help in their time of sickness…

4. Helping people with the necessities of life…Matthew 25:35-36, On judgment day Jesus will say, “I was hungry, and you gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came unto me…and what you do unto the least of these you do to Me…”

5. Caring for the fatherless and the widows… “Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless an widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world…”

6. Caring for your own family members…The Bible teaches, “If any provide not for his own, an specially those for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse that an infidel…” (1st Timothy 5:8…)

Jesus criticized the Pharisees because they did not care for their own parents…Mark 7:11…

This a very important issue…Many people who confess to be Christians, do not or will not even reach out to help someone who is a member of their own family…I have seen may cases where there is some small feud going on, that keeps family members from loving or helping each other…

YOU CAN WORK FOR GOD WHEREEVER YOU ARE:

Each person who is a real Christian, can work for God no matter where they are…at school, at the office, in the field, in the jail, in the prison, at home, on the job, or any where else…We need to know that we are the hands and feet and mouthpieces of God in this fallen world…He wants us to work with Him, for Him…

YOU CAN WORK FOR GOD AS A CALLED WORKER OR VOLUNTEER:

Allot of people have the mind set that only people who have a so-called supernatural calling from God, can work for Him…But listen, not even a supernatural calling from God guarantees success…King Saul turned out to be a reject…(1st Samuel 6:1)

There is many places out in the world right now that need your help…All you have to do to serve is just get up from where ever you are right now and go looking…The hospitals are always looking for volunteers to help…

It doesn’t matter where you serve, but serve somewhere with the attitude of Christ…and remember, when you work for God, you work as a team member…

Working for God in the right frame of mind, will have heavenly rewards later… The internal reward that we receive on the inside, for serving, right now, is great…It just feels good to help someone who really needs help…

WE DON’T HAVE FOREVER TO WORK FOR GOD: Jesus said, “I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work…” John 9:4…

A broken down car or boat can wait months, and even years, to be repaired, but there is only one time that a crop of wheat can be harvested…Jesus said, “The fields are white already unto harvest…”John 4:35…

We also have to realize that we will not live forever to serve God on this earth…We don’t have as much time left today, as we had yesterday…

WHAT IF I DON’T WANT TO GO TO WORK FOR GOD?

I had person tell me the other day that they really did not want to go out and work for God…My reply to this person was this…"If you don’t work for God, you will be working for the Devil and you will share Hell with him because that is where he is going… "

Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, “Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels…” Matthew 25:41…

Who you work for in the material world may determine what your pay is here on earth…but whom you work for in the spiritual realm will determine where you spend eternity…

AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD…
Glory to God…

Robert N. Graves, Sr...

fisherman for Christ...