IT MATTERS!

IT MATTERS


We ALL want to be SUCCESSFUL-
With our lives=we want to be PRESIDENT-
Actors and actresses=sports heroes=but most
of us DON'T end up in=
Those kinds of professions


Despite that=God GIVES us work
That we all can be
SUCCESSFUL at


WORK that matters


We are CALLED-
TO do the work of a DISCIPLE


“I GLORIFIED you on earth
By ACCOMPLISHING the work


That you GAVE me to do” John 17:4


And the WORK that we
ARE given to do-
Is the work of DISCIPLESHIP


This is a BIG JOB=
And it really MATTERS-
This JOB of discipleship


“Then Jesus came to them
And said-
'ALL authority in HEAVEN
And on earth=
Has been given to me


Therefore GO and make disciples
Of all NATIONS..........” Matthew 28:19


YES!=this is the work
That we ALL have been given
To do


And this is IMPORTANT work=
To BRING the love of GOD
To others


WHEREVER we are CALLED in life
No matter-our position


It is WORK that we can all do=
And IT MATTERS


“A NEW COMMAND-I give you-
LOVE one another-


As I have LOVED YOU-
So you=MUST-
LOVE one another


By this-EVERYONE-
Will know
That you are my disciples=
IF you love one another” John 13:34-35


BEIN a DISCIPLE of CHRIST MATTERS=
And it is a job that
Anyone can do=JUST LOVE=
LOVE GOD=love yourself=and LOVE others


And you have PROVEN yourself-
But it is DEFINITELY a job-
That is NOT EASY


“..........
So for a WHOLE year
Barnabas and Saul-
MET with the church


And TAUGHT great numbers of people
The disciples were FIRST
Called CHRISTIANS at Antioch” Acts 11:25-26


And so the DISCIPLES were INCREASING
Because of teaching and-
BECAUSE OF LOVE


And that is OUR JOB!=to live-
LOVE-and preach the GOOD NEWS
Of the Lord=ALL OVER the world


UNTIL the world COMES-
To God and Jesus=
“MAKE DISCIPLES of all NATIONS”


IT MATTERS!
(This is a BIG JOB)


It means ALWAYS being
AVAILABLE to others


It means doing JOBS=just
Because they need to be done


It may NOT MEAN being a ROCK star=
Or an athlete-or an actress=it is
NOT GLOROUS=but it MATTERS


Dear Lord=HELP US=To give GLORY
To you today=by loving you=by
LOVING myself and others=and by
BEING YOUR DISCIPLE


IT MATTERS=it really does


In the names of God our FATHER and Jesus Christ
OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
5-31-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach