What You Do Matters

Matthew 16:26-28

New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)

²⁶ What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. ²⁸ I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:%2026-28&version=NIV1984)

This past week has been especially rough on me.  I have gone to the funeral of a young lady who decided this life was not for her.  Work has been extremely difficult for me emotionally.  Then there has been graduation, a time when school comes to an end and for teachers you begin to look at a little break while thinking about next year and what it is going to be like.  Unless you are a teacher or in the field of education you might not really understand what I am talking about.  Then the emotions of last year came to surface.  For those of you who are unaware, the school I was the principal closed and I was without a job, a job that I truly loved and worked very hard at.  It is a difficult time for me right now and I once again am asking, “What am I supposed to do?” 

As I read this scripture, our first and foremost duty is to have our soul in check.  If I could go out in this world and have any job I wanted yet did not have time for the Lord, it would only satisfy us for a little while.  We can be satisfied in the world when we have the Lord as Lord of my life.  We don’t need to gain anything from this world but we need to gain only His approval.  What we do in this life does matter, it matters to God and He will reward us according to what we do for Him. 

 If you are someone who pours your heart and soul into your work let me tell you a little about how that goes.  You will find that you have more time for work than you do for the Lord.  You may make a lot of money but your family may suffer in the process. 

From my experience I poured many hours into what I did and I did my work as to the Lord not for man and I am sure I received the Lord’s blessing.  That is what I can be assured of.   However, for those I worked for, there was no loyalty to me.  When it came to money or lack thereof, I was the one that was without a job.  This world will love you when they can use you and they can drop you when they are out of money or want more for themselves.  I urge you not to be so caught up in the job that the important One and ones (family) get left out of your life.  Cling to the promises of our Lord and Savior.  Trust in Him and do as He guides.  Be satisfied with what you have as long as you have Him first.

As I write this I struggle with being satisfied yet I know I will one day be satisfied through Him that came to give me peace.  I continue to want to make a difference yet I struggle in how that is going to be done and I become very impatient as I wait and wonder what is next.  I have a desire to do something but no burning passion as to what that is.  My greatest passion is spreading the word of God through this blog.  I hope you will be blessed as you read the words that the Lord gives me to write.  I ask that you please pray for me as I search and become unsettled at times, that I will know that at this time I am doing what the Lord would want of me and that I will patiently wait for that great reward.

We will look at verse 28 in the next blog.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila