“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw — each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” – 1 Corinthians 3:12-13
Christian, what sort of work have you done for the Lord? God knows whether we’ve done work that was solidly built on the foundation of Jesus Christ using our very best efforts, abilities, gifts, and talents or whether we’ve “phoned it in” to fulfill some obligation or give the appearance of holiness.
Every Christian is called to serve the Lord and advance the Kingdom of God. Every Christian has work to do (Ephesians 2:10). We need to do the work we’re called to and we need to do it well, as an act of worship, with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. At the final judgment, the earnestness of our work will be revealed before Christ’s throne.
While our salvation is assured through faith in Christ, we’ll not want our work revealed to be shoddy or half-hearted. Prayerfully discern what work you should be doing, then prayerfully do that work with everything you’ve got (especially the power of God’s Spirit living in you)![PP1]