Just Bursting Rocks - Martin Wiles

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 1 Peter 4:10 NLT

They were all doing the same thing, but their perspectives were different. Some thought they were just bursting rocks.

He lumbered through what appeared to be a construction site. As he came upon one who was bursting rocks, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The worker replied, “I’m bursting rocks.”

He asked another. “I’m working for my family,” he said.

Then a third, “Sir, what are you doing?”

“I’m building a church,” he replied.

In fact, they were all bursting rocks—the results of which would be used to build a magnificent cathedral. But only one grasped that perspective. For the others, it was just work to pass the day or support a family.

On God’s construction site, we should never say, “We’re merely bursting rocks,” or “We don’t know why we’re here. God wasted His time creating me.”

Every believer has at least one spiritual gift. Among them are wisdom, knowledge, faith, discerning false teachers, and mercy.

How many gifts we have or get may in part be determined by what we do with the one God gives us. God removes what we don’t use but gives more when we’re faithful. Nor does He expect us to use them all the same way. Our opportunities are unique. Even when we have the same opportunities, we use them differently because our personalities differ.

What gifts we have isn’t nearly as important as what we do with them. Christians aren’t in competition. We are bursting rocks for a greater purpose—to advance God’s Kingdom. If we lose sight of that, we’ll lose our excitement in doing His work. Focusing on the result—the salvation and growth of souls—helps us maintain our perspective.

Most of us won’t live to see all the results of our work for God. Many of the construction workers died before the cathedral was completed. While it is wonderful to witness someone coming to Christ or deciding to get serious in their walk with God, we will only see the entire impact of our work when we reach eternity. But we have the confidence that nothing we do in God’s name with the right motive will go unnoticed by Him.

Are you merely bursting rocks? If so, ask God to change your perspective.

Father, remind me that whatever I do in Your name is important and will not go unnoticed. 

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