Requirements for God's Work

Each day across the USA 50,000 people quit their jobs. In a recent survey of workers across the USA, nearly 85% said that they could work harder of the job. More than half claimed they could double their effectiveness "if (they) wanted to."

The sign in the store window read: NO HELP WANTED. As two men passed by, one said to the other, "You should apply--you'd be great."

Requirements for God’s W-O-R-K

Micah 6:8:
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?

People have tried all kinds of ways to please God but God has made his wishes clear. He wants his people to do what is right, love, mercy, and walk humbly with him. In your efforts to please God, examine these areas on a regular basis. Are you fair in dealing with people? Do you show mercy to those who wronged you? Are you learning humility?

God’s work is the most important. Christians please him when they accept responsibility in his vineyard.

The Apostle Paul tells Christians to do all things without complaining (Phil. 2:14), and the epistle of Jude places complainers in the same category as ungodly sinners who will inherit judgment: “...to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds... These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts...” (Jude 1:15-16). Complaining is common-place in the lives of unbelievers who have no trust in God, but Christians should be people of faith, filled with gratefulness and thanksgiving.


1. W-illing Workers

1 Timothy 6:18:
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

A. Failure to do God’s work or doing his work begrudgingly (to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure) - both are patterns of behavior displeasing to God.

B. To love God is too willingly serve him, whether by attendance at worship services, with our tithes and offerings, or by relaying his love to our fellow man. As we have opportunity.

C. God loves willingly workers. If we love him we would do his work with joy and enthusiasm. It is our privilege 1 Corinthians 3:9: for we are laborers together with God.

God’s work involves many different individuals with a variety of gifts and abilities. There are no superstars in this task, only team members performing their own special roles. We can become useful members of God’s team by setting aside our desires to receive glory for what we do. Don’t seek the praise that comes from people-it is comparatively worth less.
Instead seek approval from God.

2. O-bedient Workers

Acts 26:19:
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

A. Obedience to God is shown by yielding our way to his and by pursuing spiritual maturity rather than personal gain

B. Obedient workers seek God’s will, through prayer and studying the Bible. They act upon what God tells them to do.

C. We cannot be in bondage to self- will and also seek to obey God and do that which is pleasing to him.

1 John 3:22:
And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

You will receive if you obey and do what pleases him because you will then be asking in line with God’s will.

3.R-dedicated Workers
Romans 12:1:
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable.



God wants us to all offer ourselves as living sacrifices- daily, laying aside our own desires to follow him, putting all our energy and resources at his disposal and trusting him to guide us.

God has good, pleasing, perfect plans for his children. He wants us to be transformed people with renewed minds, living to honor and obey him. Because he wants only what is best for us, and because he gave his son to make our new life possible, we should joyfully give ourselves as living sacrifices for his service.

A. Neglect of God’s work is a product of today’s greedy world. Lives are engulfed in personal interests and fancies.

B. Christians who rededicate themselves to doing God’s work discovered that their own needs are supplied as they give God first place in their lives.

Philippians 4:19:
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

God gives the birds their food, but He doesn't throw it into their nests.

We can trust that God will always meet our needs. Whatever we need on earth he will always supply. We must remember, however, the difference between our wants and our needs. We may not get all that we want but trusting in Christ, our attitudes and appetites can change from wanting everything to accepting his provision and power to work for him.

4. K-ingdom Workers

Matthew 25:34:
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.
“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

This parable describes acts of mercy; we can all do every day. These acts do not depend on wealth, ability, or intelligence: they are simple acts freely given and freely received. We have no excuse to neglect those who have deep needs , Jesus demands our personal involvement in caring for others needs.

A. Christians sometimes becomes involved in God’s work for personal gain- social or political. If so, they have received their reward

B. When we sincerely work for God we may receive criticism from others, but we must be faithful in doing our best, leaving the outcome to God

C. We must be Kingdom workers, assisting the poor and the needy, visiting the sick and the lonely, and seeking to bring the lost to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.



Matthew 10:7:
7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!
32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

Jesus gave the disciples a principle to guide their actions as they minister to others: give as freely as you receive, because God has showered us with his blessings, we should give generously to others are times, love, and possessions.

When we come to church with an attitude and readiness to serve God and our brethren...

a. We will get more out of any service we attend

b. For the more one puts into something, the more they get out of it

c. And as Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" - cf. Ac 20:35

Have you found God through faith and obedience to His Son? If so, are you willing to work and serve for God and His children both in and out of the of this church...? Are you willing to go out and beyond the church and be a blessing in your community? Are you willing to serve?


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GOD'S REQUIREMENTS
1. Read and Study your Bible - Psalm 119:11, 105
2. Have a daily prayer life - 1 Thessalonians 5:17
3. Attend a good Bible believing church - Hebrews 10:24-25
4. Give money to the Lord's work - 2 Corinthians 8:11-12; Deuteronomy 16:17
5. Give yourself to some phase of the Lord's work - Romans 12:1
6. Refuse to partake in the old sins which God has delivered you from - Romans 12:2
7. Get to know Christ because too many Christians know about Him but they do not know Him intimately - Matthew 11:28-30


Some Realities of the Christian Life we must Face:
1. We will be rejected by some people - Matthew 12:14
2. Not every Christian will be in agreement - Acts 15:36-41
3. Satan will tempt us but God will give us a way of escape - 1 Corinthians 10:13
4. We will be misunderstood - John 3:3-7

5. All your problems will not go away but sometimes they intensify - Philippians 2:7

Are you willing to work for God today, will you answer the call that He has placed on your life? What is holding you back? That is the question we have to ask ourselves this morning.