Do Everything as Unto Christ
April 7, 2024 · 27:40 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Summary
The preacher calls believers to do everything - at home, at work, in ministry - as if it were done for Christ Himself and not merely for people. When we serve with our eyes only on a person's face, the work can turn careless; but when we serve as unto Christ, we give our whole soul and our very best. Feed your husband, take your wife out, sweep the floor, and preach all as though the Lord Himself were receiving it.
He then turns to mission and preparation. Just as the missionary team spent about six months getting ready for Guatemala, and an astronaut is trained long before launch, no one is sent unprepared. We are created in Christ for good works (Ephesians 2:10), yet we must grow - reading and meditating on Scripture (1 Timothy 4:13), maturing past spiritual milk like a child who grows up to help the family - so that we can fulfill the mission God entrusts to us.
Finally he warns against doing great works in our own will rather than God's. Like Saul on the road to Damascus, our prayer should be, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?' The message closes with a call to evangelism and prayer: inviting people home and to church, an upcoming outreach service, buying Bibles to give away, and prayer for a missionary school and various needs.
Key Points
- Do every task, great or small, as though serving Christ Himself, not only people
- Serving for Christ draws out our whole heart and our best effort
- God prepares those He sends, so we must prepare ourselves before the mission
- We are created in Christ Jesus for good works (Ephesians 2:10)
- Grow up spiritually - do not stay on milk; read and ponder Scripture (1 Timothy 4:13)
- Surrender your own plans and ask, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?'
- Salvation needs both faithful evangelism and faithful prayer for those we reach
Devotional
Pause and consider the next ordinary task in front of you - the meal to cook, the floor to sweep, the words to speak. What would change if you did it as though Christ Himself were receiving it? Service offered only to people can grow careless, but service offered to Christ draws out the whole heart and the very best in us. And before you rush into great plans of your own, kneel like Saul and ask, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?' Then prepare, grow in His Word, and go where He sends you.
“Do everything from your soul, as though you were doing it for Christ Himself.”
“God never sends the unprepared; He readies us for the mission first.”
“Do not ask Christ to bless your plans - ask Him, 'Lord, what do You want me to do?'”
