Happy Wednesday (Tasks) (12/02/09)

hey guys!

Lesson learnt this morning/week - take every task given to us seriously:

we're so conditioned to be achievers that sometimes we ignore small, needful tasks because it's "beneath us" - i am constantly guilty of this. So easy to tell ourselves that we're overqualifed for this task or that, as if we could be above doing His work. A simple greeting that sparks a much needed conversation, a word of encouragement that uplifts a troubled spirit, a gentle rebuke that turns a loved one back towards God - any effort that goes beyond loving our own selfish selves.

Or perhaps we talk ourselves out of even beginning any tasks out of fear of ridicule or failure. That's what i love about serving our saviour - it's never about fame or success. A preacher once put it this way: if we are afraid of ridicule or failure, we essentially have an issue with pride. It's always about humility and how that should mean we care more about God's opinion of us than our own or other people's. The kind of humility paul talks about in philippians 2.

I firmly believe that God wants to use each and every person, some for grand and noble deeds and some for small and common purposes - yet each and every person/task (no matter how mundane) is uniquely essential to His grand Plan. He trusts those who are trustworthy. It is pointless to pray for a coworker's salvation when we fail to even show him/her love; worhtless to pray REVIVAL when evangelism isn't even on our minds; and meaningless to pray for an end to world hunger when we guiltlessly walk past a hungry man on a street. If we fail in even small tasks such as these, then how are we even serving our Lord?

Encouragement for the week, do stuff for God, no matter how small or inconsequential it seems - He has this habit of taking even our measly offerings of loaves and fishes and turning it into something awesome and amazing.

Have a happy wednesday (I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS DECEMBER!)

edward

"Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you..." - Jeremiah 1:7-8

"If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?" - Jeremiah 12:5

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much." - Luke 16:10-11

lol a lil corney but here's a poor, lonely guy singing a duet w/ himself ^.^v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVo-S9ns2_A