Are you
waiting for others to do the job God has called you to do? And if no one steps
up to do that job, do you simply walk away, without regret, leaving the job
undone?
Years ago I
heard a pastor say something like this, “Perhaps your gift is just filling a
pew each and every Sunday.” May I respectfully, disagree with this
notion? For I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt the Bible teaches we are
to be active, not passive, in God’s service.
Now make no
mistake, the Bible does indeed say we are to meet together as Christians and
encourage one another, Hebrews 10:25. But I have never read anything in the
Bible that indicates a Spiritual gift is passive. Everything I read in the
Bible indicates we are to be active, in fact, forever active, in the Lord’s service.
(Even when God named Himself, “I AM”, He used active voice! –Exodus 3:14)
In calling
His disciples Jesus said, “Follow Me.” In the telling of the parable of the
large banquet Jesus said to go out and make [compel] them to come in, Luke
14:16-23. The Great Commission found in Matthew 28:19-20 can be easily summed
up in two words: GO and DO.
As Christians,
we are to grow more and more like Christ. Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15, we are
to grow in every way into Him—Christ. This
goal can only be achieved through activity.
It also
follows that retirement is not an option. We are to serve until death. Just
think of how old the Apostle John must have been when he received and wrote
down the Revelation, not to mention the ages of the patriarchs of the Old
Testament.
Commit
yourself to being forever active for the cause of Christ and His Kingdom. Don’t
walk away from the work (and blessings) God has designed especially for you.
“To Him who
loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,” Revelation 1:5, HCSB. AMEN!
God Bless!
