Our Life’s Work
Our spiritual lives are the pieces of art that we can show to God and to the world.
Steve Jobs is known for envisioning and developing the iPhone. Kobe Bryant is known for his impressive basketball skills. Taylor Swift is known for her amazing musical talent. These are some very impressive personal achievements that these individuals have reached that people all over the world know about. These individuals have put in a lot of dedication and hard work over the years towards what they consider to be their greatest life’s work.
What will your greatest life’s work be? I wonder if we should consider who we become in Christ as our greatest life's work. Similar to how the impressive bodies of bodybuilders are their life's work, our impressive spiritual lives should become our life's work too. And so, it is never considered a frivolous activity to spend a large amount of time and effort to chisel our spiritual lives into something great and something that will last. After all, it is what we will have to show for at the end of our time here on earth. And it can become an inspiration to others who desire to deeply seek God for themselves. This is especially true for pastors and ministry leaders. Our life's work won't be the many sermons we’ve preached or the churches we’ve helped grow in numbers. Our greatest life's work will be the close and deep relationship we have with Christ. Our spiritual lives are the pieces of art that we can show to God and to the world.
If a strong spiritual life is indeed our greatest life’s work, shouldn’t we spend a disproportionate amount of time and effort cultivating it? This becomes the most important activity we need to do each and every day. I spend ample amounts of time with the Lord in prayer and meditation each day as a way to continue growing and chiseling my spiritual life. In the end, having a very close and very deep relationship with Christ is what I want as my crown achievement in life. Therefore, I make no apologies nor excuses for spending so much time with God, as it’s the best way for me to work towards completing my life’s work. Would you consider your spiritual life as your greatest life’s work?
Barnabas the Monastic
Servant of Christ. Husband. Dad. Modern Monastic. I have a wild ambition in life: get as close to the Lord Jesus Christ as I can while on earth. I explore and integrate ancient Christian monk wisdom in modern everyday life. Lives in Canada.
