January 9: What Do You Do?
January 9
By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. - John 15:8
Question: What is probably the most-often asked question at social gatherings when strangers meet?
Answer: "So, what do you do?"
Asking about a person's job is a time-tested icebreaker, good for a couple of minutes of chitchat-double that amount if the question is reciprocated: "And what do you do?"
Actually, every Christian could answer the question with the exact same template: "I serve the Lord Jesus Christ by working as a (name your position). "As slaves of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1, CEB), we really have only one job in life: to serve Him. We might go to many different venues for vocations, but ultimately we are working for Him. As christ came into the world to accomplish His Father's will (John 6:38), so we go into the world to accomplish Christ's will (Matthew 28:19-20; John 20:21). When we work through our labor and extending the Kingdom of God by manifesting Christ's love and values to others.
So, what do you do? And how can you serve Christ today through your work?
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He who disregards his calling will never keep
the straight path in the duties of his work.
JOHN Calvin
