“Nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (MSG)
Nothing that I do for the sake of God and his kingdom has a shelf life. What is done for the Lord is eternal. This means that it shows up in the New Creation. Each time I say a kind word, create a work of art or beauty, lay a brick, or teach a class . . . . . if it was done out of a heart given over to the Lordship of Christ, then that very act will appear in the New Creation, in resurrected life on the New Earth.
Each action done for God in this life will become, speaking metaphorically, a foundational or decorative “stone” in the architecture of life in God’s final Kingdom on earth.
This means that what I do because of the Lord in my life is not only not wasted, it’s eternal and foundational to all of future reality.
“Stand your ground, don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the master”. Nothing else is as fulfilling and about nothing else can you be as confident that you’re investing your life wisely.
Can you tell the difference between time and effort that, in an eternal sense, is wasted, and time and effort which is eternal because it is of God?
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