He Has You

Working for God is not a chore but a privilege. It is not an option for the Christian as the work is for us all. Nobody can be truly saved and not want to share this marvelous treasure with those who are around them. Your ministry is with whoever it is that stands in front of you.

If you’re working for God, let Him tell you what to do. “Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take” (Proverbs 3:6 NLT).

Working for God is done as much in the secular as in the church, for a saint who is filled with God takes Him wherever they go. The greatest sermons ever preached on the surface of the planet we live on are the ones where the child of God is simply living out their faith before others.

The life you live is the lesson you teach, and people are always watching. “And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching” (Titus 2:7 NLT).

Working for God has little to do with who pays you, as all things are owned by God. Every paycheck for the Christian is drawn from the banks of heaven and is the outpouring of blessings from God. The source of your provisions comes from the Provider.

When you work unto the Lord, the Lord will help you in your work. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:23-24 NIV).

Working for God is often in the smallest unseen things. It is what you do in secret that will gain the most reward, as the limelight is often the only reward for the ones who serve in it. If you do serve in the limelight, make sure you serve even more in secret.

You will do more of God’s work not by striving more but by surrendering more. “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5 NLT).

Working for God produces fruit whether you see it or not. Sometimes, the Lord will reveal the outcome of your efforts to encourage you to keep going. But it is that blessed soul that trusts in what God is doing and doesn’t need proof to know they are serving God effectively.

Don’t try to impress others with who you are, but inspire them with who they can become. The Apostle Paul wrote, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase” (1 Corinthians 3:6-7 NKJV).

Working for God does not depend on your qualifications but on your willingness. Our qualifications are often the greatest hindrance in our ministry as every self-capable attribute we have rarely looks to God to gain all that He can give us.

The call of God is never dependent on man’s abilities but only on his willingness to serve. “For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have” (2 Corinthians 8:12 NKJV).

Working for God does not mean everything will be easy. Sometimes, the proof you are in His will is when there is so much coming against you. A football player never gets tackled sitting on the bench, but only when they are making progress out on the field.

Sometimes God makes the path difficult to test your resolve. “The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deuteronomy 13:3 NASB).

You may be working in a church or ministry, but that doesn’t mean you are working for God. The difference is in why you are working. If you are working for your own gain or glory, then that is not working for God. The more self-centered you are, the less God will do through you.

It’s not that we need more workers for Christ, but that we need more of Christ in our workers. “Test yourselves and find out if you really are true to your faith. If you pass the test, you will discover that Christ is living in you. But if Christ isn’t living in you, you have failed” (2 Corinthians 13:5 CEV).

You may be doing such mundane or secular things that you think it couldn’t be working for God. But that is not the measure God uses in His Word, for we can serve God in everything we do. There can be more glory to God in holding a sick child in our arms than in preaching a sermon to thousands.

It doesn’t matter how big your calling is; only that you do it. “As each one has received some spiritual gift, he should use it to serve others, like good managers of God’s many-sided grace” (1 Peter 4:10 CJB).

No matter what it is you will do each day, do it unto the Lord. When we rightly see that every task we do can be working for the Lord, then it will be there we have His grace helping us. Seek Him as much in your service as you do in your pain.

To accomplish much, do a little bit every day. “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!” (Psalm 90:17 ESV).

Blessings to you,

Paul Balius