Gods Work

 

For which I am toiling also, struggling in accord with His operation, which is operating in me with Power 

Paul To The Colossians 1: 29, Concordant New Testament 

Being a new believer, it's kind of difficult to get an understanding of just how God works.  I mean, how is it that He does what He does?  Sure, God is omniscient, and he can be anywhere He desires and do anything He wants, but HOW does that look?  Can we witness God at work?  We can definitely see the results of His works, but have we ever seen Him work?  Like I said, to understand this is to have a deeper understanding of our heavenly Father.  The understanding that God is not limited to a full time residence in heaven.  The understanding that, through His Son, His will be done.  One of the first things we need to realize is the truth of Christ Jesus.  Jesus spoke that if we have seen Him that we have seen the Father as well {Johns Account 14:9}.  Jesus proclaims that He and the Father are one {Johns Account 10:30}.  Therefore, when we know Jesus, we're that much closer to knowing the Father.  One can say that the apostle Paul certainly knew Jesus very well.  It is Paul who is one of the most vocal ministers of the gospel of Christ that we find in the scriptures.  It is also Paul who speaks to the truth of Christ Jesus in us {Paul To The Galatians 2:20}.  Yet the truth of Jesus in this situation is that WE are in Him.  Our physical bodies are merely a container for Christ Jesus in us.  So, what does all of this have to do with Gods work?  Well, if Jesus indeed dwells in us and we are intimately a part of Him, then one can make the case that the works which we do here on earth are indeed the works of the Father in us.  Jesus speaks to this in Matthew {Matthews Account 5:16}.  Can we speak of the Lords works, then, as His works through us?  I believe that we surely can, and must.  For to believe that our works alone are what drive us, we're missing the truth of the spirit of God in us.  How wonderful it is to be a part of the Lords plan!  To be one of those He chooses to work through in order to fulfill His desire.  I believe that it is for this very reason that Jesus proclaims that the world will see these works through us and glorify the Father {Matthews Account 5:16}.  

"You are the light of the world.  A city located upon a mountain can not be hid.  Neither are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it is shining to all those in the house.  Thus let your light shine in front of men, so that they may perceive your ideal acts and should glorify your Father who is in the heavens" 

Matthews Account 5: 14-16, Concordant New Testament 

When we know the truth of the Father dwelling within us, we can get a better appreciation for the works He does through us.  Let us not get trapped in the belief that we are our own separate entity working our own efforts without any assistance from our Father who created us.  To believe that is to believe the lie of the deceiver spoken to Adam and Eve in the garden {Genesis 3:4-6}.  We were never created to live life alone, but to live as one with the Father and Christ {Johns Account 17:21}.  The Father in Jesus, Jesus in the Father and we in Him as well.  The misrepresentation which the mainstream church gives us does a great disservice to our relationship with the Father.  All too often, the church speaks to the disconnect we face with God.  God is in heaven, while we are here alone on in our fallen world.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  From the beginning, God worked His desire in this world that we would be one with Him.  The examples of those who do the work of the Father are all around us.  The charitable deeds, uplifting words and helping hands are all reminders of the Father working through us.  Our response should be to glorify the Father who works His desires through us.  For there is no charity devised by man that can match the love of the Father. 

~Scott~