December 20, 2021: "Separated unto The Holy Spirit"...Are We Doing God's Work or Our Work for God?
- Edward D Avila
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min read
The question above is a very profound question to ask ourselves as Christians. So many of us, as Christians, want to do God's work for Him, so off we go moving forward starting to work for God through our own power, thinking that God has blessed our mission.
But there lies the problem. It is not our work for God to do. It is God's work to assign to us to do through us. It is God's church, and He is the Commander of His army. God has His own plans regarding His kingdom. It is God who must direct us and give us our marching orders in what He wants us to do.
Acts 13: 2-3
2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
Our role in God's kingdom, is to wait upon the Holy Spirit to direct us in what He wants us to do. We are to be worshipping, praying, and fasting and waiting upon the Lord to send us out as He did during the early church. To be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's calling, we must first be "absolutely surrender" before God, so that "our will" gets out of the way of God's plan and be ready to hear and be sent out.
It is like an architect, who designs a beautiful building, he knows what it is going to look like and how to get it completed. He passes on the plans to his contractor and workers, and they start building the building according to the plans of the architect. God is the Architect of His coming kingdom, and we are His workers helping Him complete His design.
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God has His workers and His plans clearly mapped out, and "our position is to wait", that God should communicate to us as much of His will as each time is needful. Let us remember to stop running ahead of God in trying to do His work under our own will. Let us surrender to God's will, separated unto the Holy Spirit, and allow God to do His work through us.
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