II Timothy 1:12 - I know the one in whom I have placed my confidence, and I am perfectly certain that the work He has committed to me is safe in His hands until that day. Phillips New Testament
"The Most important question is not how much work is being done but how much Jesus is doing through you." Corrie ten Boom
There are times when all of us feel as if we are not doing enough. In the grind of day to day life we can feel as if what we are doing is futile. Take a simple think like washing dishes. We wash them after breakfast but they must be washed again after lunch and dinner. So why bother washing them? The answer is simple; because we must have clean dishes to eat from.
We can use that example with any part of our lives. The day to day tasks that we do may seem mundane but they are important. Importance is not measured by how glamorous a job is. In fact, it is often the least glamorous jobs that are the most important. The janitor, for instance, is the first one to be noticed if he is not at work but is usually the last one recognized for anything he does.
When we read about people in the scriptures we tend to put them on a pedestal that we ourselves are not on. We look at Paul when preached to Cornelius or Peter when he raised a girl from the dead and are amazed at the faith they had. We tend to think they must have belonged to a race of men with some level of super faith that we can not even hope of reaching. Yet these were just the highlights of their lives. There were many days when Peter and Paul (and even Jesus) spent a lot of time doing the mundane. They lived normal lives like each of us. They went to work and battled sickness and perhaps even dealt with sick children or aging parents. The Bible doesn't focus on these things because they were not out of the ordinary. They were not glamorous occurrences so they didn't make the news, so to speak.
There are some people who are never able to do anything well because they get tired of the mundane too easily. When the new and exciting part of a job wears off they fail to follow through. These people may have great ideas but in the grand scheme of things they are not the most important people in a corporation. They ones who are always faithful to be at work and are willing to lend a hand with anything are far more important.
We don't have to be the best at everything but we should do what we can do to the best of our ability and leave the rest to God. I don't have to be spectacular I just have to be diligent. There will always be someone who can do better work than I can but I will not let that stop me from doing what I can do. I will do all in my power and if it's not enough I will leave the rest to Jesus. I am confident that He will take what I do for him and make it into something good.
In Christ's Service,
Spanish Pastor Jones
"The Most important question is not how much work is being done but how much Jesus is doing through you." Corrie ten Boom
There are times when all of us feel as if we are not doing enough. In the grind of day to day life we can feel as if what we are doing is futile. Take a simple think like washing dishes. We wash them after breakfast but they must be washed again after lunch and dinner. So why bother washing them? The answer is simple; because we must have clean dishes to eat from.
We can use that example with any part of our lives. The day to day tasks that we do may seem mundane but they are important. Importance is not measured by how glamorous a job is. In fact, it is often the least glamorous jobs that are the most important. The janitor, for instance, is the first one to be noticed if he is not at work but is usually the last one recognized for anything he does.
When we read about people in the scriptures we tend to put them on a pedestal that we ourselves are not on. We look at Paul when preached to Cornelius or Peter when he raised a girl from the dead and are amazed at the faith they had. We tend to think they must have belonged to a race of men with some level of super faith that we can not even hope of reaching. Yet these were just the highlights of their lives. There were many days when Peter and Paul (and even Jesus) spent a lot of time doing the mundane. They lived normal lives like each of us. They went to work and battled sickness and perhaps even dealt with sick children or aging parents. The Bible doesn't focus on these things because they were not out of the ordinary. They were not glamorous occurrences so they didn't make the news, so to speak.
There are some people who are never able to do anything well because they get tired of the mundane too easily. When the new and exciting part of a job wears off they fail to follow through. These people may have great ideas but in the grand scheme of things they are not the most important people in a corporation. They ones who are always faithful to be at work and are willing to lend a hand with anything are far more important.
We don't have to be the best at everything but we should do what we can do to the best of our ability and leave the rest to God. I don't have to be spectacular I just have to be diligent. There will always be someone who can do better work than I can but I will not let that stop me from doing what I can do. I will do all in my power and if it's not enough I will leave the rest to Jesus. I am confident that He will take what I do for him and make it into something good.
In Christ's Service,
Spanish Pastor Jones