A thought from Rick Warren (2012-10-23) from his book, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (p. 337). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
But we spend most of our time and effort and money on those things that can be seen. We spend so much on our complexion, our looks, our outside but we let our stress, our worries slowly rob us of what really matters, those parts of our body that we cannot see.
I went to a drug seminar at the University of Kansas and we were dealing with the problem of smoking and how it takes years off of our lives. And they said that it would be easier to get people to stop smoking because it causes bad breath than that it will kill us. It is all about our misplaced priorities.
Rick says, “You have several prominent features on your body that you could live without. It is the hidden parts of your body that are indispensable. The same is true in the Body of Christ. The most significant service is often the service that is unseen. (1 Corinthians 12: 22– 24) In heaven God is going to openly reward some of his most obscure and unknown servants — people we have never heard of on earth, who taught emotionally disturbed children, cleaned up after incontinent elderly, nursed AIDS patients, and served in thousands of other unnoticed ways. Knowing this, don’t be discouraged when your service is unnoticed or taken for granted. Keep on serving God !”
1 Corinthians 15: 58 (MSG) says, “Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.” Also remember what Jesus said in Matthew 10: 42 (LB), “If, as my representatives, you give even a cup of cold water to a little child, you will surely be rewarded.” Others may not see it but He does and He will reward it.
Remember it is for Him that we live.
So why do you do what you do?
But we spend most of our time and effort and money on those things that can be seen. We spend so much on our complexion, our looks, our outside but we let our stress, our worries slowly rob us of what really matters, those parts of our body that we cannot see.I went to a drug seminar at the University of Kansas and we were dealing with the problem of smoking and how it takes years off of our lives. And they said that it would be easier to get people to stop smoking because it causes bad breath than that it will kill us. It is all about our misplaced priorities.
Rick says, “You have several prominent features on your body that you could live without. It is the hidden parts of your body that are indispensable. The same is true in the Body of Christ. The most significant service is often the service that is unseen. (1 Corinthians 12: 22– 24) In heaven God is going to openly reward some of his most obscure and unknown servants — people we have never heard of on earth, who taught emotionally disturbed children, cleaned up after incontinent elderly, nursed AIDS patients, and served in thousands of other unnoticed ways. Knowing this, don’t be discouraged when your service is unnoticed or taken for granted. Keep on serving God !”
1 Corinthians 15: 58 (MSG) says, “Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.” Also remember what Jesus said in Matthew 10: 42 (LB), “If, as my representatives, you give even a cup of cold water to a little child, you will surely be rewarded.” Others may not see it but He does and He will reward it.
Remember it is for Him that we live.
So why do you do what you do?
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