You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit–fruit that will last–and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. John 15:16
“We are called to do more than simply act in the manner that Jesus acted. There is, in some mysterious way, a link between our very actions and the purposes of God in and through Jesus…We partner with God in the redemption of the world. This is not just an issue of theology or of spirituality; it is an issue of a thoroughly reorienting missiology. It will provide God’s people with a new sense of purpose. A divine connection to daily actions. We need to grasp the fact that in God’s economy our actions to have eternal impact. We do extend the kingdom of God in daily affairs and activities and actions done in the name of Jesus.”
Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch in The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003) 115.
I am heading home this morning from a fruitful week of work in New England with a thankful heart. I snapped the photo (above) at sunrise at Boston Airport. It was so beautiful.
When we live and work generously in God’s economy, according to His design for all things, our fruit lasts. What we do has an eternal impact. So if, like me, you find yourself a bit weary at the end of a week of work, let’s pause for a minute together. Let’s remind ourselves today that our work, when done for God, glorifies God serves others in the short run now, and has an eternal impact in the long run. All our work matters to God and should be done for God and celebrated as the blessing that it is.
Thank you God, that you give us the privilege of serving as workers in your beautiful world. May our work, empowered by your Holy Spirit, bring you glory and bless others generously. Make it so I pray in the name and power of Jesus. Amen!