Do Your Best To Be Your Best

• Those who are sincere about doing something for the Lord look for a church that will use them. They realized they are in training for the ministry and they want to be used by the Lord and get all the experience they can get.

• Some students that are not sincere are very content to find a church that will let them sit on the bench of “Do nothing” for the time they attend Bible College.

When you look at these two kinds of students, it is not difficult for us to figure out which ones God can use. God doesn’t use a lazy person because they are not willing to do anything for the Lord.

When it comes to lazy people, we know you can find them wherever you go.

Illus: Someone said that there are three kinds of workers. For example, when a piano is to be moved:

• The first kind gets behind and pushes

• The second pulls

• And the third grabs the piano stool and runs

Lazy people always want to do the least they can do.

Illus: A site foreman had ten very lazy men working for him, so one day he decided to trick them into doing some work for a change.

He said, “I’ve got a really easy job today for the laziest one among you.” He said, "Will the laziest man please put his hand up." Nine hands went up.

"Why didn’t you put your hand up?" he asked the tenth man. "Too much trouble," was the reply.

Illus: A man was walking down the street with a lazy fellow. They saw a sign in the store window that read: “NO HELP WANTED.” He said to his lazy friend, "You should apply -- you’d be great!"

Listen, if we are going to be good servants for the Lord, WE CAN NOT BE LAZY! There is too much to be done and if we do not do it, IT WILL NOT GET DONE!

In Matt. 9:36-38, we read, “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but THE LABOURERS ARE FEW; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”

THE LABORERS WERE FEW THEN and THEY ARE FEW TODAY!

The Thessalonian church was a great church because it was filled with people that knew how to WORK FOR THE LORD!

We can learn how to DO OUR BEST from this great church!

Notice, first of all-

I. WE ARE CHOSEN TO SERVE

You are a very special person; YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD TO SERVE!

Illus: Any time we get a new President, we also get new cabinet members to serve with him. The new president selects his own Cabinet members.

The purpose of the Cabinet is to advise the President on matters relating to the duties of their respective offices. Such as:

• The Secretary of Agriculture

• The Secretary of Commerce

• The Secretary of Defense

• The Secretary of Education

• The Secretary of Energy

• The Secretary of Health and Human Services

• The Secretary of Homeland Security

• The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

• The Secretary of the Interior

• The Secretary of Labor

• The Secretary of State

• The Secretary of Transportation

• The Secretary of the Treasury

• The Secretary of Veterans Affairs

The President asks these successful men and women to leave lucrative jobs to serve with him.

Why would they leave jobs that paid more, to serve with him? They are willing to do this because they recognize that the honor is so high. These men and women will look back later in life and recognize that the highlight of their life was when they were chosen to SERVE WITH THE PRESIDENT!

But listen, the God of the universe asks us to serve with him…WHAT AN HONOR! Those that God has ask to serve are:

• SPECIAL PEOPLE

…that are asked to do a

• SPECIAL JOB!

Illus: Speaking of being SPECIAL reminds me of an old man that was dating a very special girl that was simply gorgeous!

This old man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with this beautiful young lady at his side.

• He told the jeweler he was looking for a SPECIAL ring for his VERY SPECIAL girlfriend.

• The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The young woman smiled!

• The old man said, "I don't think you understand, I want something very special for a very special girl."

• At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000."