Then the disciples went out
and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them… Mark 16:20
Julie
nudged her friend Rob as a distinguished-looking man walked into the
restaurant. “I’ve heard he’s a billionaire,” she whispered, “and the nicest guy
ever.” Rob nodded. “Yeah, he is. He takes great care of his employees. His
companies offer the best benefit packages in the nation and he personally gets
involved with His workers. He even mowed his secretary’s grass last summer when
her husband died. Nobody could believe it. Aa-nd—” Rob paused for effect. “He
loves strawberry shortcake and hates turnips.” Julie’s jaw dropped. “How do you
know all that?” she asked. Rob smiled and shrugged. “I work for him.”
Millions
of people are like Julie when they think of God. They have heard of Him, but
don’t really know Him. Of those who do know Him as Lord and Savior, many think:
“I don’t feel close to God. I read my
Bible and pray. I go to church, but He’s not real to me.” Because God is
not visible, we can begin to think of Him as an idea, rather than Person with
whom we have a relationship. This verse tells us one way we can experience Him personally: We work for Him. God invites us to
join with Him in accomplishing His goals for this world. When we obey, we get
to see people the way He does. We start to see sin the way He does. We like
what He likes and hate what He hates. When our goals, values, and desires match
His, we have the joy of truly knowing Him. So when others ask, “How do you know
all that?” we can smile and say, “I work for Him.”
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