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Busy about my Father's Business

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"And when they saw Him they were amazed: and his mother said unto Him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And He said unto them, How is it that ye sought Me? wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business." Luke 2:48-49

This week I have been about my to-do list. Christmas is coming, school is getting to be a lot more work, applying for secondary schooling is around the corner, keeping on top of chores is always a struggle, and on and on it goes. I am known to not know my limit and to say 'yes' to everything. Almost everyday this week I've come home overwhelmed to the point of tears. I wake up to a huge pile of work and am too exhausted to think of trying to get it done. Is this how Christ wants us to live?

NO!

I've always struggled with being too busy. Not that business is always wrong, but what is the point of being busy? At the end of the day what does it profit? One more thing off the check list just gives more room for another thing to be added.

We will always be learning to pace ourselves and use our time for the most profitable things and glorify God in rest. And that isn't really what I want to talk about. I want to share with you something God reminded me of on my bus ride back from school - about our motives behind everything we do and how a right motive can bring us so much peace and rest.

So I was having one of my "woe is me" moments on the bus, when my memory verse popped into my head:

"Paul a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of peace"
- Romans 1:1

Paul's identity was found in being a servant of Jesus Christ. I am not Brooke of Ontario, daughter of Todd and Eve, separated to graduate high school this year. I am a servant of Jesus Christ. We have been bought out of slavery to sin and our flesh, to be slaves of Christ (Romans 6:15-23). Christ is Lord over our lives and the lives of all around us (Malachi 1:6). We live and do all for His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31). So really there is only one thing on our to-do list :

- Serve Jesus Christ -

That's it! That's all you have to remember!

Am I saying stop doing everything you need to do and read your Bibles? Read your Bibles, yes, but being a student, playing with your siblings, making meals, folding the laundry, going to work, participating in the Church Christmas concert are responsibilities God has given us to serve Him in.

How does this make us less stressed out, we still have the same amount of work ahead of us? Yes, but now we aren't doing it for our own sake or for the sake of anyone else, but God's. Somehow I found peace and joy in that. This is not a to-do list any more, this is a list of ways to serve God and make an eternal impact. We don't have to worry about getting everything done, God is in charge of the outcome, we are just called to serve Him in this very moment. It is a releasing thing to cast our worries on the Lord (1 Peter 5:7) and only concern ourselves with His will.

Are you busy about the will of your Heavenly Father today?

~ Brooke

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