How
do you react when you are having an unpleasant day at work,
uni, school, the sports club, gym or even the shopping centre? What would those
who you are in contact with in these spaces say about your reaction? Would they
say that it is Christlike or would they say something else? What if God showed
up at this place; what would they say?
Well, if I were to ask you, what should
be a Christian’s main concern when it comes to living well in the world today.[1]
What would you say? Don’t read on yet, but pause and think about this for a
minute. On this matter, Jesus said,
14 “You are the
light of the world…16 let your good or beautiful deeds shine out for
all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father” (Matt 5:14 &
16 NLT).
Do
you know that God is already at work around and through you?
The difference between a good work and
a God work is what I have called the ‘O’
factor. A good
work is simply not good enough from
a Kingdom perspective, as it comes from a faulty motive. What is required is to
have an ‘O’ moment with your Heavenly Father. It
works like this - if you have an ‘O’ moment with Him (that is a time of
hearing Him and then obeying His lead), then this will lead to a God work.
Place the ‘O’
moment together with obeying God, then you have a ‘Good’ work with its
origin in your Heavenly Father. Otherwise, it will merely be an empty
self-motivated, self-gratifying and Godless good work, having no eternal fruit.
Ask
Him to ‘OPEN’
your eyes to see where He is already working around you. You know, He has
already been working in the life of the receptionist, your boss, the customer,
the checkout person, the person on the other treadmill, the person sitting on the seat outside the shop waiting for their partner etc… ‘Ask
Him to ‘OPEN’
your eyes to see where He is already working around you. Then step into the
moment and shine the light of the world, that those whom you are in contact
with will glorify our heavenly Father.
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