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Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" Colossians 3:23;
"So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty'" Luke 17:10.
"The true calling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way." Dean Stanley. We feel we need to do great things for God, when all God asks of us is that we do our duty. What a tiresome word, duty! Brother Lawrence, a remarkable man who lived many years ago, wrote an even more remarkable book titled THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Brother Lawrence tells us that he is content with the pots and pans; that he is delighted to pick up a straw where no straw should be. His daily duty was in the kitchen, work that he didn't like but, by practicing the presence of his precious Christ, he made it into joyful service for others.
"Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?" Matthew 20:6c. We have all kinds of excuses for not working: we lack experience, opportunity, money, or time; we couldn't find work; we didn't hear the alarm clock, etc. But we are told that whatever we do (which implies we are to do something), we are to do it with all our might, for we are to do it for God and not for men's approval.
"As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me" John 9:4. There are two interesting words here, "day" and "we." Jesus is honoring us by including us within His work. Jesus went about doing good and doing His Father's work (Acts 10:38) while there was still time. He didn't go about seeking honors or approval; He simply went about doing good and working the works of love and duty, and this is what He asks of us. "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man" Ecclesiastes 12:13.
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"Take up the cross, and follow me." - Mark 10:21 |
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Jesus was a cross-bearer; he leads the way in the path of sorrow. |
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"They tie their shoes the same way you do," a father consoles his
competitive son. How often we compare ourselves to others! And while we do, our shoelaces
remain untied...we lose what we could be. We need to watch our own feet.
Scripture tells us:
"But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold, for I
envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked" (Ps 73:2,3). The
psalmist almost lost his God-given footing when he was clutched by the welfare of the
undeserving.
It IS trying to see another bountiful blessed in an area where we lack. Jesus said to
Peter, "What is that to you? You must follow Me" (Jn 21:22). We are responsible
for our own path, not another's. Are our feet walking after Jesus?
"When they compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. We however...will
confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us" (2 Cor 10:12,13). What is
our assignment? Are we fulfilling it?
"Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without
comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load" (Gal
6:4,5).
Why is another affecting us? distracting us? causing us to lose our foothold? Watch your
own feet. "Test our own actions." The security we mistakenly seek through
comparing is there for us. It's in following the freshly-trod steps of Jesus, our Lord.
"But as for me, my feet had
almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold, for I envied the arrogant when I saw the
prosperity of the wicked".
Why is
another affecting us? distracting us? causing us to lose our foothold?
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