How To Be A Good Laborer
For The Lord
Lu. 10:2
INTRO: It seems we have so few that are willing
to labor for the Lord these days. Most people do not want to give the Lord
the time it takes to accomplish what needs to be done. Most are willing
to just sit on the sidelines and let others do the labor that God expects
them to do for Him.
Are you a good laborer for the Lord this day? Are
you in this for Him? Will you work where He needs you?
Lu. 10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest
truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of
the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Care enough to personally
work
Be there
Be there to work
Be there to help
Be there to share (labor, good times, hard times,
etc)
Be there to make a difference
Be there often (not just a hobby or fill-in)
Mark 13: 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a
far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and
to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the
master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing,
or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Care about His work - ill. #64
Plan to work well
Pray to work well
Place the work high on your priorities
Appreciate the goals of the work
Show you care by performing the work
Work in cooperation with others working for Him
1 Cor. 15: 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch
as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Care about your fellow workers
Value their efforts
Value their abilities
Value their position
Value their strength
Voice your praise (often)
Voice your support (often)
Voice your approval (often)
Phil. 2: 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work
out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons
of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in
vain.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice
and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice
with me.
Care about the One for whom you
work
Know Him
Know His Sacrifice
Know His goals/plans
Know His workers
Know His "rules" - God's Word
Know His likes
Know His "payday"
Luke 10: 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Gary Marcum - East 38th Street Free
Will Baptist Church - 090300am