Here are some interesting thoughts
from Dr. John W. Kleinig in his book, “Grace Upon Grace.”
When
the people who had been miraculously fed by Jesus with five loaves of bread and
two small fish asked how they could do the work of God, Jesus gave them a
strange answer: He said by believing in God the Father, His work would be done
in them and through them (John 6:28-29).
How then do we do the work of God through faith? How do we become “co-workers with God” (1
Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:2)? Through faith we are joined with Christ
and His mission on earth; we work with Christ by using our faith to pray
together with Him to God the Father.
We do not do the work of God on earth in prayer; rather, His work is
done in and through us by prayer (Matthew 18:19; 21:21-22).
In
John 14:12-14, Jesus gives these amazing promises: “Truly, truly I say to you,
whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do; and greater work than
these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, this will I do
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
We
continue the divine work of Jesus and perform the greater miracles of the new
age where those who were born blind to God receive sight and those who were
once dead in sin are raised to eternal life. And we accomplish this by prayer
to God the Father in the name of Jesus.
When
we pray for others and ourselves, we continue the work of Jesus. It is, in fact, the most important work we
ever do…When we pray for God’s support and guidance in our work and the people
we work with, we live by His grace and rely on Him to do His work through us.
