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Work and the Life
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Not all work that needs to be done for Christ is in faraway lands.
Our work may be right in the home. We can do our duty for Christ
in the home, the church, the neighborhood. We may work among
friends and for those with whom we do business.
Most of our Saviour’s life on earth was spent working in a car-
penter’s shop in Nazareth. Angels were with Him as He worked and
walked with His neighbors who did not know that He was the Son of
God. Jesus was as faithfully doing His Father’s work while laboring
in the shop as when He was healing the sick. Working as a carpenter
was as much His duty as was quieting the stormy waves of Galilee.
We too may be working with Jesus as we do our humble duties. We
may walk with Him wherever we are.
The apostle Paul wrote, “My friends, each of you should remain
in fellowship with God in the same condition that you were when
you were called.”
1 Corinthians 7:24
. We may faithfully carry on
our daily business in a way that will bring glory to God. If we are
true followers of God, we will bring religion into everything we do,
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and will show to others the spirit of Christ.
The person who works in a shop may show Christ to men and
women. He may show that he is a follower of Him who walked
among the hills of Galilee. Every Christian should work in such a
way so that others, seeing his good works, will be led to give glory
to their Creator and Redeemer.
Many people have excused themselves from serving Christ be-
cause others could do the work better than they. Some people think
that only those who have unusual abilities are required to do God’s
work. They think that only a few special people are to share in the
work and the rewards. But this is not what Jesus taught in the story
He told. He said that the master of the house called his servants
together and gave to
every
man
his
work.
We may do life’s humble daily duties with a loving heart “as
though... [we] were working for the Lord and not for people.”
Colos-
sians 3:23
. The love of God will show in our lives if it is in our
hearts. The sweet influence of Christ’s love will be around us to lift
up and bless others.
We must not wait for some important time to work for God. Nor
should we wait until we are able to do a greater work. We are not to
worry about what people will think of us. Our daily life must show