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 whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.(Colossians 3:23,24)
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need 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.
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.(2 Timothy 2:15)
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.(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.
yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the 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 for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.(Ephesians 2:10)
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.(2 Corinthians 9:8)
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
Do all things without complaining and arguing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run in vain nor 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 God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.(1 Corinthians 3:9)
Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19)
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves 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 we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.(2 Corinthians 5:10)
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