Answering the Invitation

John 14:31

But I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let's be going.

What an exquisite invitation that Jesus offered to His disciples, "Come let's be going."   He offers us the same invitation to join Him in doing the work of the Father.  With the offer, He promises a gift of peace of mind and heart, even in the face of the trials of our lives.

We cannot possibly find a better model for life, nor a better partner for our work, than the only man who lived without sin.  And what was it that this man without sin did?  He loved His Father and He did what His Father asked of Him.  Then He asked others to join Him in His work.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are asked to be obedient to the Father as He was.  We are asked to preach the Gospel as He did.  We are asked to suffer for the sake of the kingdom as He did.  We are asked to fully surrender to the will of the Father as He did.  We are asked to find others who will join in the work of the kingdom, just as the Son of Man did.  In doing so, we join Jesus in doing His work with the comfort of knowing that all will be done with peace of mind and heart.

Come.  Let us be going to join the Son of God in doing the Father's work.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for loving us so that we could show the world how much we love You.  We bless the name of Jesus for surrendering His life to You so that we can surrender to You.  We thank You, Father, for the privilege of joining Your Son, Jesus, in His work.  We pray, Lord, that You will raise us up as instruments of Your good work.   We ask that You use us as vessels of Your perfect love and forgiveness.  We seek the wisdom, grace and the strength to be able to gather others to unite with us in union with Our Savior.  We ask all these things in the holy name of One who invites us to join Him, Jesus Christ.