“It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don’t you know he
enjoys giving rest to those he loves?” (Psalm 127:2 MSG)
The Bible says in Mark 12:30, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all
your strength” (NLT). Another way to say this is, love God with all your talk, all your feelings, all your thinking, and all of your acting.
God shaped you to primarily be either a talker, feeler, thinker, or a doer.
“Doers” love God with their strength. They are the
energetic activists of life — the achievers, the accomplishers, the
workers, and the people that push things forward and make things happen
in the practical sense of life.
What is the purpose of Doers in the world?
The world needs contribution. We don’t just need
communication, compassion, and consideration. We’ve got to get to work
and do
it! We need people of action. We need people with initiative, energy,
action, and a bias for achievement.
But, everyone has their flaws, and for doers, it’s
overwork. Doers are always working. They never stop to think, and they
certainly don’t stop to feel. They are always busy!
God says this in Psalm 127:2, “It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone.
Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?” (MSG) If you are a doer, that would be a good verse to put up on the mirror in your
bathroom. God wants his loved ones to get their proper rest.
Some of you need to do less. Not less for God, but
less in other areas so you’ll have more time to do what matters most.
The Bible says that when you become a believer, God makes you a new person inside: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the
new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV).
When you become a believer, your past is forgiven,
you have a reason for living, and you have a home in Heaven. Let me tell
you
something that doesn’t change when you come to Christ: Your personality
doesn’t change. God doesn’t slow you down when you come to him. He just
changes your direction. In fact, he wants to empower you. Remember, you
got your personality from him.
God doesn’t want to make you a clone of everybody
else in the way that you worship and serve and love him. He wants you to
serve
him with your personality. Not only that, but he will strengthen your
personality, not dampen it. He’s going to make you more you than you’ve
ever
been before.
Talk It Over
- Are you a talker, feeler, thinker, or a doer? Why do you think so?
- How do you and others see your personality come through in the way you worship and serve?
