Trabalhar para Deus: o que significa na prática?
O que significa trabalhar para Deus
Trabalhar para Deus não significa apenas exercer um ministério dentro da igreja, mas realizar qualquer atividade diária com dedicação, como quem serve a Cristo e não a patrões humanos. Na perspectiva bíblica, a rotina profissional, a honestidade no cotidiano e o serviço aos outros são formas concretas de adoração.
and all, whatever you may do—out of soul work—as to the LORD, and not to men, having known that you will receive the repayment of the inheritance from the LORD—for you serve the LORD Christ;(Colossians 3:23,24)
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly to those outside, and may have lack of nothing.(1 Thessalonians 4:11,12)
O cristão que trabalha para Deus busca aprovação moral e prática diante do Senhor, unindo o conhecimento da Palavra à ação no dia a dia.
be diligent to present yourself approved to God—a workman not ashamed, straightly cutting the word of truth;(2 Timothy 2:15)
and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,(James 1:22)
Salvos pela graça para praticar boas obras
A Bíblia estabelece que o trabalho e as boas obras não compram o favor divino nem geram salvação. A justificação diante de Deus decorre exclusivamente da fé em Cristo.
having also known that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, but through faith from Jesus Christ, we also believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be declared righteous by faith from Christ, and not by works of law, because no flesh will be declared righteous by works of law."(Galatians 2:16)
As boas obras são o resultado e a finalidade prática de uma vida transformada, e não o seu preço. Deus capacita o crente com generosidade e recursos para que ele viva de modo útil e irrepreensível no meio em que está inserido.
for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus on good works, which God prepared before, that we may walk in them.(Ephesians 2:10)
and God [is] able to cause all grace to abound to you, that in everything always having all sufficiency, you may abound to every good work,(2 Corinthians 9:8)
So that, my beloved, as you always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and deliberations, that you may become blameless and pure children of God, unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as luminaries in the world, holding forth the word of life, for rejoicing to me in regard to [the] Day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor did I labor in vain;(Philippians 2:12-16)
Cooperadores de Deus na Grande Comissão
Trabalhar para Deus também envolve participar diretamente da expansão do Seu Reino. Os cristãos atuam como cooperadores do Senhor, encarregados de proclamar o evangelho e ensinar novos discípulos.
for we are fellow-workmen of God; you are God’s tillage, God’s building.(1 Corinthians 3:9)
having gone, then, disciple all the nations, immersing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,(Matthew 28:19)
he who has believed and has been immersed will be saved; and he who has not believed will be condemned.(Mark 16:16)
Esse serviço é exercido com senso de responsabilidade e reverência, lembrando que cada indivíduo prestará contas da forma como viveu e daquilo que produziu.
for it is necessary for all of us to have appeared before the judgment seat of the Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;(2 Corinthians 5:10)
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