Zebra Ministries

Good morning Zebras,

I love you.

Yesterday’s Oswald was wonderful, and the theme of my morning was “stay focused while you are waiting on God.” 

Luke 12:41–48 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?  Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.  And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.  But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

We, who have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, have been given much and we are the servants who know the Master’s business which is to reconcile a sinful world to Himself.  

John 3:16–17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Our business is to be His ambassadors to the world.

2 Corinthians 5:17–21 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.  For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Each one of has a different job to do for the kingdom, we aren’t all teachers or pastors, but we all represent Jesus Christ to a dying world. None of us can afford to get lazy because the master has been away so long and forget the prime directive. But lazy is so easy.

I was thinking about this yesterday as I was sweeping for dog poo in the backyard. A lazy person wouldn’t do a very good job.  They would need someone else to come behind them to make sure they hadn’t left any poo.  And it tends to be a difficult job for someone who is young.

That is why we need honest, mature people in our lives, people who are willing to make us mad by pointing out the poo in our life.  Poo that is there because we are lazy.  Anyone can whisper sweet nothings in your ear, only a friend will point out the poo. And a real friend, will walk alongside you while you clean it up. 

Love,

Jill