The Task the Lord Jesus Has Given Me
(Ac 20:22-24)
God does His own work.
He works for the sake of His name(Ge 22:8; Ps 23:3), and
He commands those whom He wants to do His work(Mk 3:13).
Faith is receiving the task to do the Lord's work, and
The life of this faith is considering one's life worth nothing in order to carry out that task.
Those who are given the tasks are entrusted with the work of the higher, and
Once they are called to do so they are forbid
From speaking other words or doing other work.
To carry out the mission, they must be responsible and
When they carry out little, they are entrusted with more.
Though Adam was entrusted with the work of guarding the Garden(Ge 2:15),
He could not guard his wife who was deceived by the serpent and sinned, and
Finally he himself sinned and was banished from the Garden(Ge 3:6, Ge 3:24).
When Moses was given the great task of
Leading the people of Israel out of Egypt(Ex 4:13-15),
He initially refused to go saying he could not speak.
But God reassured him that He will give him the words to speak, and
As such, Moses spoke according to what God said and
Successfully led Israel out of Egypt, and also
Delivered the Law he received from God to the people.
The sanctuary was where
The name of the Lord God Jehovah was, and it was also where
He spoke to the people of Israel.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days(Jn 2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would fulfill the task given to Him by the Father
For the sake of the name of the Father, Yeshua, because
He is the Son of God who was sent from heaven to do the Father's will(Jn 6:38-40).
As such, His deeds and words were all according to what the Father had said, and
The Father gave Him the name of the Father,
The name of Yeshua, and the word of the Father by which
He kept safe all those given to Him
Except the one doomed to destruction to fulfill the scriptures(Jn 17:11-14).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished(Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
1. Laid down His life and fulfilled the will of the Father(Jn 12:50, Jn 19:30);
2. Condemned the devil who left his position as an archangel(Is 14:12-15; Jude 1:6); and
3. With His blood redeemed all souls of men so that they may do His work(Mt 20:28).
Thus, the Father raised Him and
Gave Him the name above all names, Yeshua, and
He ascended to the heavenly throne.
The Holy Spirit came to those who believe in His name(Jn 1:12), and
Lets them understand His words and do His work(Jn 14:26).
With the coming of the Spirit,
The disciples of Jesus became the salt of the earth(Mt 5:13), and
Like the salt, even after decades passed after He had ascended,
They remembered what He had said and what He had done and wrote them down, and
They all gave their lives to protect the souls given to them in the world.
The Christian is compelled by the Spirit
To complete the task of testifying the gospel of His grace(Ac 20:22-24)
For the sake of His name(3Jn 1:7), and
Puts every effort to keep, defend and teach the truth in his lifetime(Php 1:7-8) and
Lose none of the souls given to him in the world(Jn 17:11-14).
In so doing, he considers his life nothing for
He longs to be called up to the air when the Lord returns.
O Lord,
The 11 disciples You left behind!
Paul who was compelled by the Spirit!
Let us all never change the gospel, the truth
Even if we have to lose our life.
Let us be faithful to the work given to us no matter how small and
Lose none of those You have given us!
Amen.
