A thought by John Bevere, from his book, Your God-Given Potential (p. 14). Messenger International, Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon to buy the book.)
This so true.
A doer!
John says, "But let me emphasize up front that who we are in Christ Jesus is paramount to what we do, for anything we do should be an outflow of who we are."
He goes on, "It is easy to shy away from the 'to-do something' aspect, as it relieves us from any pressure of laboring to build the kingdom. The sad reality is, though, that it’s our labor that energizes us. Jesus says, 'My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work' (John 4:34 NKJV). He also says, 'As the Father has sent Me, I also send you' (John 20:21 NKJV). Putting His two statements together, we clearly see that our food is to do and finish the will of Jesus who sends us. Food is what strengthens us. If we don’t eat, we become weak and are good for very little.
"Let’s now bring this over to our spiritual life. If we don’t do the will of Jesus who sends us, we become weak. Now we are vulnerable to temptation."
He then says, "In over forty years of walking with Jesus, I’ve noticed that one of the primary causes of people slipping away from the faith is a lack of 'doing.' They become lazy and idle in regard to their calling, and before they know it, they find themselves in complacent drunkenness, immorality, or given to interests that pull them back into the world’s way of living. They lose their spiritual strength. Here’s the bottom line:
What we do strengthens us.
And we want to be strengthened, to be a doer and not to be lazy, don't we?
Yes, yes!
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