Inspired by Watchman
Nee’s Untitled Poem
God
Out of His love for us
Invites us to join Him
in what He is constantly
Doing
Moving
Effecting
Touching
All of His creation
Us
He invites us to join in His work
As a parent has a young child
to “help out” around the house
More work for the parent to
Instruct
Demonstrate
Gently correct
Supervise
Oversee
Encourage
Praise
the young child learning the ropes
Accomplishing the task is not the
concern
It is the child learning to become
Engaged
For the child to gain a sense of
Ownership
Belonging
Capability
Even Mastery
As the parent discreetly cleans up
after the child
The parent is glad that the
parent-child pair
Were able to bond over
Teaching the child a new task
Helping to build a sense of ownership
Enabling the child to feel a sense of
belonging to the family
Develop self-confidence of ability
and capability
Empowering the child to gain a sense
of mastery
Our Heavenly Father is more concerned
about
Who we are
What we become
How we reflect Himself
Than the work we can possibly do for
Him
All the work He calls us to
Is for the purpose of
God using the desires He has placed
in us
The gifting He has given us
The training He has blessed us
The tasks He has assigned us
To
Work
In
Us
To mold and shape us
To fill in the valleys and to level
the hills
To straighten the curves and to make
the rough smooth
Things in our character that prevent
us from
Fully reflecting
God
Himself
The most effective way we can
Work for God
Is to allow Him to
Work in us
Through the tasks He has set before
us
Starting with our obedient response
to His voice in our daily life
To our relationships with our family
To our witness with
Our neighbors
Our colleagues
People whom we serve at work
Brothers and sisters at our local
church
To the mission field He might call us
locally or afar
All of these are so
He can accomplish His Will
On earth as it is in heaven
In our life
As it is in heaven
For we are His workmanship
We are His precious creation
We have been fearfully and
wonderfully made
God wants us to know this truth full
well
By giving us tasks at hand
In order to mold and shape us
Refining us until
He sees
His own reflection
in us
Thanks for sharing! It's a great way for me to look at my relationship with GOD. I'm so grateful that I'm his child and for His amazing love and patience with me!
ReplyDeleteYes, God loves us sooo! What a privilege it is to partake in His Work...to work in us through our service...
DeleteI love the reminder that the accomplishing of the task is not the goal, but rather the process of reflecting Christ and the development of who we are in Him. So so beautiful!❤️
ReplyDeleteYes, what an Awesome and Loving God we serve!
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