Love Works

… faith which worketh by love. —Galatians 5:6

Today is Labor Day. However, for the Christian who loves God, everyday is “labor day.” We are “always abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Cor. 15:58).

There is a definite connection between our love for the Lord and our laboring for Him.  Jesus asked Peter,  “Lovest thou me?” Peter answered that he loved Jesus. Then Jesus told Peter, “Feed my sheep”  (John 21:16).  Peter could have said, “But Lord, I don’t like sheep. I’m a fisherman,” to which Jesus may have answered, “Peter, I didn’t ask you if you loved sheep. I asked you if you loved Me?”  You see, any task God asks of you really boils down to the question, “Lovest thou me?”

Paul wrote, “faith which worketh by love.”  Faith will work (James 2:20), and it will be energized by love.  Our service for Him is a “work and labour of love” (1 Thess. 1:3; Heb. 6:10), a labor growing out of love.

There is no place in Scripture for the kind of church member who sings, “O How I Love Jesus,” but isn’t directly involved in the work of the Lord.  If you have faith, you will work.  If you love Jesus, you will labor for Him.