When God Works

You know I love to pass on quotes that move me. This one moves me because it speaks of God's activity in His church, not His church trying to do God's work. There is a difference. When God works, we are energized. When we work, we are exhausted. When God works, He alone can take the credit and get the glory. When we work, we can feed our pride by doing "good" things "for God."

Lord, I long to see You do Your work in Your church.

~Jon


“The world does not need to see good people doing good things for their God. They need to see God doing ‘above and beyond all that we ask or think’ among His people. When the church allows God to fill them with His presence, the world will see and glorify Him because they have experienced Him in the life of His people. They will know His love because the church sincerely loves all people. They will know His power because the church steps out in faith and attempts what only God can accomplish. The world will stand in awe of God when His people let Him be God in them and through them. When God begins to heal marriages, return wayward children, heal alcoholics and drug addicts, provide for physical needs in times of crisis, and give wisdom to business people, the world comes to know the difference God makes in our world.” (Henry and Melvin Blackaby, A God-Centered Church, pg 200)