BEING ABOUT OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS

Did you know being a Christian is not to be about your own business—just you taking care of you? But that is the way we live because we live disconnected from God’s higher way of living.

Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had all your needs met, and you had no catastrophes going on you had to deal with — and you didn’t need a miracle from God?

Can you fathom no longer being preoccupied with you—yourself and your family? What you were going to do about this problem and that problem?

Think about Jesus and His life while He was here. Was He preoccupied with Himself, His needs, or in need of a miracle? No, His mind was on His Father’s business and He was steadfast about what the Father instructed Him to do —and that is what occupied His mind.

I’m going to pause here because I think I know what you might be thinking; yes well, but He is Jesus. Yes, exactly my point, He is Jesus and our example of how to live that abundant life He promised! When we look at Jesus we can be assured He is showing us God’s intentions for us, God’s way of living that was intended for us from the beginning —and that is why He sent Jesus. That is why Jesus came, to show us how to live in the Kingdom of God, right here and now!

Lets move on.

Jesus knew from the beginning what His instructions were from the Father and that is where He put His focus of importance. His instructions were His focus all of His life, to be about His Father’s business.

On one occasion Joseph and Mary looked for Jesus everywhere, He was no where to be found for three days. When they found Jesus they told Him how frantic they were that they couldn‘t find Him. Let‘s look to see how Jesus responded.

Luke 2:49 And He said to them, How is it that you had to look for Me? Did you not see and know that it is necessary [as a duty] for Me to be in My Father’s house and [occupied] about My Father’s business?

The Bible says that Mary and Joseph didn’t understand His response but they guarded everything He said. We as well, should guard all of His ways as to learn from Him.

Jesus wasn’t distracted and worried about what He was going to be when He grew up, or how He was going to provide for Himself, but He was about His Fathers business. He was focused on what was important to His Father. He knew His Fathers heart and He was preparing for His future in what the Father planed for Him.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Jesus knew the Word and lived by it, He was training for His passion— to die for us, for our salvation, to conquer death and the grave. He already knew what He was preparing for and it was His passion, what He wanted to do for His Father and for us. He was so preoccupied by His assignment that it consumed Him, as our passion —what God gifted us to do should us.

Jesus is our example, He is our revelation as to how life was meant to be lived.

Not worrying about what we are going to be when we grow up, or how we are going to put food on the table is our answer for happiness and living life with purpose. Seeking God’s plan for our lives and His way of doing so that what we need could be added to us is God‘s intention. God wants us to live like He lives, with purpose and living by our gift to give in the Father’s quest to make known His way of love.

Matthew 6:31 Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? 32 For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. 33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things [taken together will be given you besides.

If we continue to grow up and be like our Father, we will get to the place where we will find out He wants us to be like Him. To copy Him in character, in overcoming with His authority, and in doing His Work just as Jesus did.

To be occupied with the Father’s business rather than; being so wrapped up in our temporary distractions of worrying about things that have already been taken care of— is God‘s will.

John 10:17 For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life—to take it back again. 18 No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.

This was Jesus’ charge and why would that be love? Would it be because Jesus cared about what the Father cares about? That Jesus would do something so mind boggling as to actually believe that God could raise Him from death again? That Jesus would love us that much to put His life aside so that we could know the Father? Those were His instructions and because He kept His Fathers commands, Jesus said the Father loved Him.

God is asking the same of us. To be so aware of Him, so in love with Him that we would grow past ourselves to the place where we ask the Father not what He can do for us, but we can we do for Him.

When we grow up and when we learn His principles of how to have our needs met and how to use that authority He has given us to change bad things to good, we can then move on to the place where we can care about what God cares about because we are no longer self absorbed, no longer preoccupied with our problems—but ready and charged up to be apart of what God is doing.

When we get passed living in the place of chaos overruling us, and get things under control— we can finally focus on God and His mission of love. Seeing to it, that all of His plans are fulfilled by our individual instructions from Him.

Did you know that if you are taking care of His business, He will more than take care of yours? It is true, as you concern yourself with what is going on with Him you can be sure He has your needs already taken care of.

John 15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. AMPC