Serving or Sitting

Lessons from Genesis – 11

“I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do.” John 14:12 NKJV

How many of us have ever been hired by an employer so that we could just sit on our hands all day and do nothing? How many players are selected for the team and told they are not expected to train or play? Who would get a sled dog and then have that dog sit on the sled while the owner pulled the sled? Paul told Titus that he was supposed to teach the people in his churches to be zealous for good works. Too many people have come to believe that we are to come to God simply to be served by Him. They hop from church to church trying to find that church that will serve them best. Genesis teaches a different idea.

In Genesis 22 God told Abraham to take his son, his only son Isaac, and go to the mountain and offer him as a sacrifice. You see, He told Abraham he was supposed to do something and it wasn’t an easy task. While it was a task unique to Abraham, it illustrates that God calls us to “do” and not to “sit”. We are to be His servants. Jesus told His disciples that they were to be servants. Paul told the Ephesians that “we are His workmanship created unto good works that He foreordained that we should walk in them.” Genesis makes it clear it wasn’t all going to be sugar and spice, it wasn’t going to be all easy sledding; God calls us to serve Him.

Dear Father, Help me remember each day that You have called me to service and to look to You for the strength to do it. Amen.

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