A few years ago, Chris attended a retirement party for Mr. Clum, his childhood school principal. In a room filled with people celebrating a long career, they didn’t spend much time talking about enrollment numbers, new buildings, or administrative growth. Instead, they talked about how Mr. Clum loved people.
They remembered how he, as a six-foot-seven man, would get down on his knee to talk to a child on their level. They remembered how he coached his basketball teams to find the best in every student, and how he always made sure he was the last person in the room to eat.
At the end of a career, and at the end of a life, we are all headed toward a retirement party of some kind. And when the stories are told, the most important question won’t be what we accomplished, but whether or not our work held love.
Was your work a vessel for the love of God to the people around you?
We are weak and distractible, often driven by ambitions like pride, greed, or disdain. But we love because he first loved us. In Jesus, we see the perfect Word of God spoken into the world, and he is love. As we turn to him, our work begins to change. Our hands, like his, can become instruments of mercy, encouragement, and justice.
Inasmuch as your work holds the love of God, it matters. It is revealing the very meaning of the universe to the people around you.
Jesus, make us more like you. Do your work in us as we do our work with you. Let us be a reflection of your love.
Sources:
1 John 4:16-19 (ESV)
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