What Kind of Work are We Doing

When you take time to do work, what care are you using? What are you looking to accomplish?

“¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundations with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—¹³each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” – 1 Corinthians 3:12-13 (ESV)

In reading this morning, the work we are doing will be revealed. We have a choice on the craftsmanship we take with the work we do for God. We can choose quality work and be master craftsman (“gold, silver, precious stones”) or we can choose inferior work and just get the job done (“wood, hay, straw”). When fire is introduced, which will sustain?

Not only must we do quality work, but we must start with a solid foundation, Jesus.

“¹⁰According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. ¹¹For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (ESV)

It all starts with a solid foundation, and that foundation is Jesus Christ. We may have the best materials and the best plan, however if we are not building on Christ, our work is inferior.

We are tasked with doing the work of God. In that work, we are to have the pride of the master craftsman. We are to build only on the foundations of Christ with those materials. When we do, we will receive our reward.

“¹⁴If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.” – 1 Corinthians 3:14 (ESV)

When you are doing God’s work, what materials are you using? What about the foundations you are doing God’s work? What kind of work are you doing?