We are God’s workers, working together.
1 Corinthians 3:9

It’s a wonderful day indeed when we stop working for God and begin working with God…

For years I viewed God as a compassionate CEO and my role as a loyal sales representative. He had his office, and I had my territory. I could contact him as much as I wanted. He was always a phone or fax away. He encouraged me, rallied behind me, and supported me, but he didn’t go with me. At least I didn’t think he did. Then I read 2 Corinthians 6:1: We are “God’s fellow workers” (NIV).

Fellow workers? Co-laborers? God and I work together? Imagine the paradigm shift this truth creates. Rather than report to God, we work with God. Rather than check in with him and then leave, we check in with him and then follow. We are always in the presence of God… There is never a nonsacred moment!

Just Like Jesus
Max Lucado

This was a good one for me.

At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver.

It didn’t look like the wrong plane, but it was. I walked through the wrong gate, dozed off on the wrong flight, and ended up in the wrong place.

Paul says we’ve all done the same thing. Not with airplanes and airports but with our lives and God. He tells the Roman readers,

“There is none righteous, no, not one (Rom. 3:10).”
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Rom 3:23).”

We are all on the wrong plane, he says. All of us. Gentile and Jew. Every person has taken the wrong turn. And we need help… The wrong solutions are pleasure and pride (Rom. 1 and 2); the correct solution is Christ Jesus (Rom. 3:21-26).

The Inspirational Study Bible
Max Lucado

I’ve been reading Max Lucado’s “Grace For The Moment” every day for the last several months. It is an excellent devotional and I invite you to pick up a copy for your own quiet time. In the future, I hope to leave my own retrospect on the devotional. Feel free to leave your own reply below.

There are certain mountains only God can climb…

It’s not that you aren’t welcome to try, it’s just that you aren’t able…

If the word Savior is in your job description, it’s because you put it there. Your role is to help the world, not save it. Mount Messiah is one mountain you weren’t made to climb.

Nor is Mount Self-Sufficient. You aren’t able to run the world, nor are you able to sustain it. Some of you think you can. You are self-made. You don’t bow your knees, you just roll up your sleeves and put in another twelve-hour day… which may be enough when it comes to making a living or building a business. But when you face your own grave or your own guilt, your power will not do the trick.

The Great House of God
Max Lucado