I have five grandsons. I am watching each one come into their own desires for their future. Of course, my sons would hope their boys wanted to follow in their \u201cbusiness\u201d footsteps, but so far, each of those sons are choosing their own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It isn\u2019t because those boys don\u2019t value and appreciate their fathers\u2019 business success. It is just their \u201cbent\u201d is toward other areas of interest. That\u2019s okay! No doubt, they will be as successful as their dads except in other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But another Father\/Son relationship came to my mind when I was impressed to write this blog. Remember when Jesus was 12 years old and He was already doing His Father’s \u201cbusiness\u201d — not Joseph\u2019s carpentry business, but his Heavenly Father\u2019s business.
The Father\u2019s business spoken of in Luke 2:49 by Jesus was His response when his parents asked why He would, at the young age of 12 years old, NOT stick with them on their journey home. He said to His parents: \u201cDid you not know that I must be about My Father\u2019s business?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesus\u2019 parents were evidently a little fuzzy about His mission, but He wasn\u2019t confused at all. He was clear and already compelled by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I read those words, I wondered about us. If we followed the example of Jesus (WWJD), wouldn\u2019t we realize that we MUST be about our Father\u2019s business, too? And wouldn\u2019t we desire to find out our Father\u2019s moment-by-moment wisdom and direction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we are about our Father\u2019s business, wouldn\u2019t we say the words our Father is telling us to say and not one word more. Can a chatty, impulsive gal aka ME, just insert here a \u201cMERCY!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I really do desire to do the things my Father is telling me to do \u2013 even as I write these blogs or encourage a friend or pray for a family member. I really do desire to do only those things my Father is telling me to do and not one iota more.
We can trust that God has us on His \u201cpayroll\u201d as we daily do His business. Our Father\u2019s business is a \u201cmission\u201d business. There are neighbors to love \u2013 to look into their eyes and SEE them and their needs and desire to do something about it. We have a Gospel to share. We have enemies to forgive. Our work is plentiful.
I like to plan my days around being about my Father\u2019s business. People may ask \u201cWhy do you spend time with God and organize your calendar around Christ\u2019s priorities for your life?\u201d Very simply, the Lord owns everything: our life, our work, our family, our relationships, our ministry, our church, and our stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retirement isn\u2019t an option for those employed by God in His enterprise to save souls and to teach His followers His ways of stopping to heal the broken, loving the unlovely, feeding the hungry and quenching the thirst of weary souls.
Maybe it\u2019s time we stopped and put the Father\u2019s Business Plan to action and see our Father\u2019s business grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the Apostle Paul for giving us our Father\u2019s business MISSION statement\u201d \u201cTherefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain\u201d (1 Corinthians 15:58).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Won\u2019t you join me in being about our Father\u2019s business today? The rewards are worth it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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