Let Us Do What Jesus DidSýnishorn

Glorify the Father through your calling as Jesus did

“I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the

work that you gave me to do.”

What glorifies God? Doing his work. Doing the work he has called you to accomplish.

When Jesus came to earth, he glorified the Father by accomplishing the work he was called to. That work was to die on a cross and pay for our sin.

Yes, Jesus had other tasks to accomplish, but primarily, Jesus came to die. “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many”.

How about you? What is your work that God has called you to do? This is how you will glorify God in the greatest way. You won’t glorify God by doing the work he’s called others to do, but by doing the work he’s called you to do.

What is your calling? William Wilberforce was a gifted young politician in the British Parliament when he came to Christ at age 25. He thought he needed to leave politics and become a pastor. But a close family friend, the pastor John Newton, the converted slave trader who wrote “Amazing Grace,” persuaded Wilberforce that God had called him to stay in government. So Wilberforce stayed, and God used him to end slavery in Britain and to do enormous good for the kingdom.

What is your calling? Ponder these: 

· Howard Hendricks wrote, “Your career is what you’re paid to do; your calling is what you’re made to do.”

· Frederick Buechner wrote, “The place that God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

· John Ortberg stated, “American society does not talk much about calling anymore. It is more likely to think in terms of career. Yet, for many people a career becomes the altar on which they sacrifice their lives. A calling, which is something I do for God, is replaced by a career, which threatens to become my god. A career is something I choose for myself; a calling is something I receive. A career is something I do for myself; a calling is something I do for God. A career promises status, money or power; a calling generally promises difficulty and even some suffering – and the opportunity to be used by God. A career is about upward mobility; a calling generally leads to downward mobility.”

What is your calling?

Ask God and keep asking until you know.