Seize the Moment – Day 517
The Work of the Lord!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, August 16.
Leadership can be a daunting task. Making decisions and feeling responsible for something can feel overwhelming, especially when the work is being done in the name of Jesus.
Exodus 39:42-43 gives a helpful overview of how to accomplish a big project: “So the sons of Israel did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses. And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them.”
First, Moses spent time with God and then clearly communicated the Word of God to the people. All spiritual leaders must have healthy spiritual rhythms in their own lives to be able to separate from the demands and expectations of other people to attend to their top responsibility: to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen well. Spiritual leaders clearly communicate what they have received from the Lord so that the members of God’s community can take their next steps.
Next, the people are to discern the Word from the Lord and take practical steps toward doing what the Word of God calls them to do together as members of the body of Christ. The work of God gets accomplished as the people rally together, focused on God’s Word, doing what each person is gifted and called to do.
Finally, spiritual leaders bless the people for obeying the Word of the Lord. While our greatest reward is Heaven, God calls us to speak words of love and encouragement to one another as we work together to accomplish what God would have us to do as a community.
Seize the moment and use words of love and encouragement to build up your community of faith and those around you. God’s work gets done when we each listen to Jesus and work together as the one body of Christ.