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Being Usefull ...

Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011. Do you want to be useful? Are you useful? Are you hoping to be useful with you life, with your activities? The social sciences have observed that humans need work, they somehow need to be useful to be fully human. They need work to be satisfied with their life, to live a healthy and complete life.

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Am I usefull? …

This leads us to the question of our labor market, of state measures to get everyone into work, of working conditions and working rules. But there is much more behind usefulness than just finding work! We need a work which we believe to be useful, not just a job which generates an income. It is a question of the targets and how we are linked to them.

When I think about usefulness, there are two main points which come to my mind immediately. One is that I think everyone is useful or can be useful. There is enough work to do in our communities, in my immediate environment. If you just see the work and do a part of it, you are useful. Everyone has different gifts and different focal points of what he can do and wants to do. If everyone does what he can do well, that helps a lot to all others.

The second thought is that I like a lot of people not because of what they do, but just because of what they are themselves, without any particular activity. I just like them the way they talk or look. They are already good just since they are there. There is no need to do a lot. That gives activity a completely different basis than if you want to earn acceptance or love by these activities. If you are loved anyway, you can do much better what you should do and can do.

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Part of His Work …

God wants us to be part of his work. He has a clear agenda for our time, for mankind. It is to initiate faith in him and to live a life with him. That is often called “salvation” - it saves from a life without God, from being “lost” for him. He wants us to take part in his work, building up the community of his people. This agenda is quite universial. Working for our human communities is an important part of it. Working for justice in the world, for social structures which are sustainable, for a good supply of basic things for everyone …

God wants me and you to come to faith, to live in faith and to put our work into his kingdom. You have gifts which I do not have, I have some which you might not have. We both are asked to put our gifts into action in his kingdom.

The basic structure of God's kingdom is the local church, the local community of believers. It is good to start in the church and take part, put our work in where it fits and helps. But we do not need to stop with a small local community, there are more things to do in our town, in our state, on planet earth. Lets do it today and tomorrow, in faith, with him! (Roland Potthast) ... more texts

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