It Matters

"There is purpose; there is value; it matters; you’re worth it.”

Loren Thornburg

Ever had one of those moments where someone you didn’t think was impacted at all by what you did or said comes back and shares how much it meant to them?  In the surprise and shock of it I find myself encouraged by more than just the one.  I am encouraged in knowing that there are likely to be more.  The same is true for you.  There may even be one right now that you are impacting that you don’t know.  Their faces and responses don’t always give it away.  Often, they don’t even know the ways  you are influencing them.  Don’t miss what these moments reveal to us: Keep on keeping on because you never know who you are impacting.  Let these moments encourage us to do the same: To tell those who have made a difference in our life.  Even when you least expect it or feel it, it really does matter.  There is a purpose and great value for right here.  We can’t forget that. 

“So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”

I Corinthians 15:58 NLT

Nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless….NOTHING.  That means that EVERYTHING you do for the Lord is useful.  The problem is that we determine what is useful and what is useless by what we can see and by our perception of the immediate results.  There are many flaws within this determination.  Our perception is not the same as His and our timing is not the same as His.  One key factor I often miss in evaluating the usefulness of what I am doing is what He is doing in me.  Often I am looking at the outside and miss the inside job.  So you see, this is why we can be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work because we know He is at work in all of it, using every last bit.  He is at work in you because you’re worth it.  It all matters!