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Busy Bees — Part 2
“For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left His house, and gave authority to His servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch” (Mark 13:34).
As we learned yesterday, the honeybee has a very organized infrastructure and systematic regimen for getting things done. When every bee does its job, things run well, and the result is that sweet, nourishing honey is produced.
In a similar way, the Lord has given each member of His church special abilities, gifts, and tasks to do for the good and blessing of each other, and as a testimony to the world. No Christian has been called to merely sit around. Everyone can do something! There was a man in the assembly in Colosse who needed to be stirred up as to this fact. Paul, by inspiration, writes, “And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it” (Colossians 4:17).
Timothy, as a young man, was another one who needed encouragement in this regard. Paul says to him: “Neglect not the gift that is in thee” (1 Timothy 4:14). Let’s each be exercised to do what God has called us to do.
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