For Whom Do We Live?
May 21, 2025 · 1:05:22 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Summary
The first message opens with Solomon's question from Ecclesiastes 3: what does a person gain from all their toil? With all his wisdom Solomon saw that nothing under the sun is permanent - everything is temporary. Yet God has made everything beautiful in its time and set eternity in the human heart. Work is a good thing, but it is not the whole of life; we are not meant to burn out chasing achievements, approval, or wealth that can never truly satisfy.
The answer is to do everything for the Lord. Jesus invites the weary, "Come to Me, all who labor, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28), and Colossians 3:23 calls us to work heartily as for the Lord and not for people. When God is at the center of our hearts and minds, even ordinary work at school or the office takes on eternal weight.
A sister then testified how, praying in the Holy Spirit from Florida, she saw God move in her son's heart in Ohio to read the Word - the Bible being her daily "bread and drink." The second message, from Matthew 25, warns against today's self-centered culture and calls believers to follow Jesus by serving others. Like Job, who cared for the poor, and like a couple who founded a charity for orphans, we are to do the good deeds God prepared for us - one small act at a time - so that people glorify our Father in heaven.
Key Points
- Everything under the sun is temporary, but God has placed eternity in every human heart.
- Work is a gift, yet living only for achievement, money, or approval leaves us empty and burned out.
- Do all things for God's glory, as for the Lord and not for people (Colossians 3:23).
- Only Jesus gives true rest to the weary; the world merely hands us more goals to chase (Matthew 11:28).
- Praying in the Holy Spirit and feeding daily on God's Word bears fruit, even across great distance.
- We are called not to be served but to serve, following Jesus' example of compassion.
- Change the world one good deed at a time, so people glorify God rather than praise us (Matthew 5:16).
Devotional
Pause for a moment and ask: for whom am I really living? It is easy to pour every ounce of strength into work, success, or pleasing people, only to find that none of it lasts. God has set eternity in your heart, and He invites you to bring your weariness to Jesus and to do even your ordinary tasks for His glory. Today, ask Him to open your eyes to one person who needs help, and serve them in love - one small act that He prepared just for you. In doing so, the temporary becomes eternal, and others will see God in you.
“God has made everything beautiful in its time and set eternity in the human heart.”
“The world can only push more numbers at you; only Jesus gives your soul real rest.”
“How do you change the world? One good deed at a time.”
