Scripture Passage
Scripture Focus
“Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work” (John 10:37 NLT)
Observation
I like John 10:37—it seems to capture a priority for Jesus that perhaps isn’t always as high a priority for us (but perhaps ought to be). Everything Jesus did—the heavenly kingdom he announced and initiated, the redemptive sacrifice He offered—reflected who the Father was and what the Father was doing. Indeed, Jesus says elsewhere in John…
“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19 NIV).
Perhaps, then, this should be a more primary question for those redeemed by Christ. What is the Father doing, exactly? What is the Father already up to in my world? What is the Father already accomplishing that I can become a part of?
Every morning I write this blog with many plans already in place for the day and a “to do” list I’ll never get completed. My days—like yours—are filled with activity, and so much of it seeming absolutely necessary. But how much of that activity reflects what the Father is doing? How much of that activity aligns with the Father’s priorities *and* engages where the Father is already active? I’m afraid the answer to that question might not impress anybody.
“Today, Father, let me embrace the moments with a heart for what you’re doing, for where you’re already working, so that like Jesus, I might carry out the Father’s work.”
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