What is your job? Does your job fulfill you? Was your job a blessing from God to get you through, or do you feel like it was what you were destined to do?
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10. Paul wrote this to the church in Ephesus while he was in prison. He told of how much God loved us, how he had chosen us before the universe was created, and how he gave us redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ.
This brings me back to the verse. We are created to do good works, that were prepared in advance for us to do. This means you were made to do a job.
As many of you know I do HVAC work, is that what I was created to do? No I don’t think that’s what the verse is referring to. I believe the verse is referring to work that will further the word of God and grow the kingdom of God. I do believe that through HVAC I get to help people and love people which I believe I was created to do.
I go into all of that not to talk about my job, but to ask a question. The end of the verse says that God has prepared in advance for us to do. You were born with a job to do. So if you’re not doing it, is it getting done? If you were called to Love someone that you can’t tolerate is that person being loved? If you are called to tell the world about Jesus and you don’t, how many people will not know? If you were created to change the world, and you sit back and do nothing, how can you ever feel fulfillment?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m really at a loss as to what I was created to do. In Mark 12:31 Jesus says “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no greater commandment than these.” So that’s where I’m going to start and pray for guidance on the rest.
Lord I pray that all who read this find their calling, I pray that they find comfort in what they were created to do. I pray that we change the world for your kingdom. Amen.
I love you.
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