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Work and the Life
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If we receive the grace of Christ, we too will want to help others.
We will be willing to give everything so that those for whom Christ
died may share this gift of grace. We will do all we can by our own
lives to make the world better. Anyone who truly loves God will
have this desire.
As soon as we come to Christ we want to tell everyone what
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a dear friend we have found in Jesus. The truth that saves us and
changes our lives cannot be shut up in our hearts. If we have received
Christ’s robe of righteousness, we cannot stop telling others about
it. When we are filled with the joy of His Spirit, we must share it.
We have something wonderful to tell because we have learned that
the Lord is good.
When Jesus called Philip to be one of His disciples, Philip ran
and called a friend to come and see Jesus. We will be like Philip
when we find the Saviour. We will invite others to meet Him and
see the beauty of Christ. We will tell them about the joy of heaven.
We will desire to live the kind of life that Jesus lived. We will want
those around us to see “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of
the world!”
John 1:29
.
A great blessing will come to us when we try to be a blessing
to others. God wants us, for our own good, to have a part to act
in His plan of redemption. He gives us hearts that are changed by
His Spirit so that we can be His helpers and pass on to others the
blessings we receive. Working with Him is the highest honor and
the greatest joy God can give us. Those who do this work of love
are brought nearest to the Creator.
God could have given to the heavenly angels the work of carrying
His messages of love and hope. He might have used other ways to
get the job done. But in His infinite love He chose to make us His
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helpers. We can work with Christ and the angels and share their
blessing and joy. We can be uplifted by this unselfish work.
We are brought into sympathy with Christ when we suffer with
Him. Every time we help others, we become more loving and come
nearer to our Redeemer. “Rich as he was, he made himself poor for
your sake, in order to make you rich by means of his poverty.”
2
Corinthians 8:9
. Life can be a real blessing to us only when we do
the work for which we were created.