Tuesday, January 18, 2011

All Tasks Are Significant

A Future for God's People
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Matthew 24:45-51 (The Message)

 45-47"Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A person the Master can depend on to feed the workers on time each day. Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won't be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation.
 48-51"But if that person only looks out for himself, and the minute the Master is away does what he pleases—abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends—the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He'll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering."

For Reflection
Who likes KP duty?  How hung-up are we on someone's vocational position?  Don't orthopedic surgeons and carpenters use some of  the same tools?  Who you gonna call when you need a knee rebuilt or a home repaired?  The functions that each perform is significantly valuable.

So it is with our respective roles in the Kingdom of God.  There is no hierarchy of  significance!  All God wants is for each of us to do what he intended for us in a reliable dependable and competent manner.  But if you end up shirking your responsibility and dumped with the hypocrites, all is not lost.  God wants you back -- no questions asked -- as though you never left.  That is what it means to live in the hollow of God's hand.

Pray
that you never see your tasks as greater than another's.  Pray that you understand the value of what you preform in the advancement of the Kingdom of God.  Give thanks for the gifts you and others have received and for the opportunities to use them to the glory of God.

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