OUR GREAT CALLING

In life, we all have a calling. This calling is singular in its nature, yet can have multiple facets to it. It's singularity is seen very simply and very clearly in the following scripture: 

Colossians 3v23: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Colossians 3v17: And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him.

These two scriptures makes it very clear that whatever we say or do, we do as unto the Lord. Whatever we say, do or work at, we do because we are working for Jesus and serving Him. This is the most important calling we have because it encompasses anything and everything that might come from it, and encompasses any form that that 'work' (or service) and that 'saying or doing' may take. This is extremely important to understand because it is incredibly encouraging. Whether we are a garbage man or woman, janitor, lawyer, teacher, Pastor, missionary or anything else, the Lord sees the service from each as being equally important, and equally worthy, by His grace, of being rewarded, equally. The Lord and His grace do not measure the reward each will get according to how valuable man thinks each job or work is (or service), but only according to whether the person did it earnestly as unto the Lord.

Similarly, 'work' and 'service' doesn't just have to be the job we have, or the role the Church may recognise us as having, but the Bible tells us that a simple cup of water in Jesus' name won't lose it's reward in heaven! (Matt 10v42). The smallest and most meagre thing done in love and truth, whether done in a job, a role in a Church, or in a simple act of kindness or in the role of a friend (or anything else according to truth) is our 'work' and our 'service' for Him. What is said or done, if done in His name, is done for the Lord, and the Lord sees that life as a living sacrifice. And that is both the greatness and the great singularity of our calling. The life that is laid down for Jesus, and lived for Him in whatever way, is our greatest calling because it encompasses the whole scope of our life and whatever we say or do, and thus whatever form our service and work for Him will take at any point of our lives. This therefore means that no matter what form our work, service or sacrifice for Him may take, it is equally valuable and will be rewarded equally according to His grace.