He does not choose us based solely on our willingness to be His servant. It is His love for us, and the love we give back, that draws us to sacrifice our lives for the Gospel’s sake.
He pours His treasures in earthen vessels. 2nd Corinthians 4:7.
This excellence only comes from God regarding His Power. We are just willing vessels, or the conduit He uses to pour His power through us.
Let us look at His hiring process.
C.S. Lewis once wrote…
“You cannot continue being the good egg forever. You must either hatch, or rot.”
Billy Sunday said…
“Joining the church does not anymore make a person a Christian than entering a garage will change you into an automobile!”
If we claim to be a Christian, we should have transformed desires that result in transformed behaviors.
I believe our lives should reflect what Jesus did for us.
He loves us so much so, that He died for us. We should now live for Him.
God is an equal opportunity employer.
Just because our interview went quite well, and we accepted this job, does not mean we get paid, if we do not show up and work.
We must finish all our tasks He gives us.
Even an unbeliever can be morally stable and even have significant life changes that result in good works.
Except for all the wrong reasons.
Serving God to avoid Hell is like accepting surgery so you won’t die.
How about accepting the surgery so you will live?
What is our true reason in accepting this job offer from God?
So, we can get a promotion? A pay raise?
Or is it because we want the pension and gold watch at retirement?
First, there is no retiring as a Christian.
No quitting.
No unemployment benefits.
Nothing, if we quit.
There are no other jobs available that offer eternal life.
No matter what your resume lists about you being a good egg.
Just go out and apply to every other religion and their promises.
None had the Son of God die, and resurrected.
None.
Oh, they will hire you.
No questions asked, as you head to a place in the ultimate eternal retirement.
It’s hot there.
Too hot to handle.
Most natural office retirement parties include the gold watch. Fellow employees celebrating you retiring. A cake, with your 25 years of service, decorated with blue icing.
Yum.
A goldish time piece to keep track of porch sitting and rocking back and forth.
“Can’t wait for that.”
They all say to you, “Job well done. Enjoy your retirement.”
I would rather hear,
“Well done My good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many, enter into the joy of your Lord.”
Matthew 25: 21.
To serve in any job description as an employee of Jesus Christ, we must be willing to start anywhere.
I did not start preaching 40 years ago. It began with being an Armor Bearer for an Elijah model of a man.
I was his go-to man.
I carried his luggage at the airport. I traveled a little with him but still worked a full-time job at home.
When my sons were born in 2000 and 2001, travel stopped for the most part. My sons were little boys then, and I never neglected being with them.
I was the subordinate servant and was glad to be there.
There was nothing better than to sit under a seasoned preacher and learn the art of the altar call.
My preaching style came later.
I was happy to learn.
How will you become what God wants you to be and do, unless we are willing to learn and grow?
Why not work hard to better the company, rather than trying to get all you can, “can” all you get, and sit on the lid.
Never thinking about the other people you work with.
There is no ladder of success to climb in the Kingdom of God.
Only steps.
Following Jesus requires obedience.
Not promotions handed out, because we think we deserve it.
The Word of God says to us clearly,
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you (hired you) and appointed you (chosen for a particular job function) that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain.”
John 15:16
“Work your job, and do not complain.”
Jesus nominates us for a position He chooses.
He wants us to be His servant and do what the Master says do.
He loves us, not because our resume was so good.
You and I were only qualified to be hired because we were sinners in need of a Savior.
Jesus, who died on the Cross, died so we could be hire-able.
To serve in our job description He gives us, is not on paper.
Well, it is if you read the Bible.
Your specific job will be explained as you go.
It is called, ON THE JOB training.
Jesus, the greatest equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, or national origin.
Religion, sex, physical or mental disabilities or age, is overlooked by Him.
He always sees potential.
Jesus looks upon mankind equally because 2 Peter 3:9 says,
“The Lord is not slack, or slow, concerning His promise, as some count slackness.”
(looseness, weakness, lack of care or concern, slowness or negligent in duties performed)]
“He is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish (jobless, dying on the streets, hungry) but that all should come to repentance.”
In other words, a surrendered heart.
A heart that says, “I will accept any position you want Lord, no matter how hard it might be.”
The question today is, “Who do you really want to work for?”
Why do you want to be employed by Jesus?
It is not an easy job.
In fact, Jesus when He began his company, He started as a baby in an animal stall. He was wrapped in swaddling clothes which were narrow strips of cloth, wrapped around this baby Jesus.
It was to restrict His movement.
He went from the bottom of the fish tank in birth, seemingly restricted physically, to the Son of God fully.
He was qualified by His Father to raise Lazarus from the dead.
The cloth around Lazarus was like what Jesus had on as a baby.
Jesus has the power today from Heaven to make a profit in His investment in you and me.
He does not look for interest earned on His Blood investment.
Every drop was money in His account.
Jesus never looked for a promotion in His Kingdom.
He wanted to promote us, and step aside so we could be valued.
As the CEO of Heaven, Jesus declares the truth.
Isaiah 45: 21-24…
“The Word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness and shall not return. That to Me, every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, surely in the Lord, ‘I have righteousness and strength.’”
The best Entrepreneur Jesus, who has the ability and power to always be ready to develop His employees, organize and run His Kingdom business enterprise.
Even with the human element in His employees, with all our uncertainties and lack of skills, at times, He makes a profit that cannot be lost or stolen by anyone, or anything.
“What is this profit, you may ask?”
It is expanding this enterprise called Heaven by franchising the business and spreading His company all over the world.
In every jurisdiction, town, village, and city.
All countries on Earth eventually can fill out an application and be hired.
They are not disqualified.
Jesus is not looking for anyone with any experience.
He only wants those who will obey His every command.
Not with an iron rod, but with nail- scarred hands, He will embrace every employee of His.
He will do it with love.
His unwavering love for all of us.
He will never sell out. His company will never go bankrupt.
No lawsuits will ever come against His Kingdom.
He knows exactly how to run His company, without flaws.
Without cheating on the books.
(Well, there is only one book, the Book of Life).
He knows how to write a new name in there, without having to ever erase it.
He is the accountant over all the earth’s inhabitants.
All of us, whether we worked for Him or not, will give an account of our lives, of how we lived, and who we worked for.
We only have so much time to be employed anyway.
Jesus always hires unqualified applicants.
He hires ex-convicted felons. He hires many of them while they are still employed in prison. They physically work for The Boss Man.
But, while they are off work inside, they moonlight for Jesus.
No overtime. Just obedience to work for the Master.
He hires drug addicts and prostitutes, on the spot, without an interview.
While they are still practicing their trade, He puts them under His employment and Authority.
Little by little, they stop doing those things that cause Him to cry over their souls.
After some time, He sets them free.
Not from their job with Him.
He frees them from their hangups, hiccups and hypocrisies, so they can be more productive and fruitful.
He even hires those who do not have these kinds of problems.
We do not become qualified because of how good we are.
We are qualified because of how Good He is.
Do not confuse this.
He is the only Chief Executive Officer.
He is controlled, only by His Father.
You are His stock options. He won’t sell you off, give you away in a proxy fight.
You won’t be traded or sold on a chopping block of this world’s system. No takeovers, either.
If you let Him, He will take ownership of your soul too.
You do not have to sell your soul to the Devil any longer.
No matter what is left of your life, Jesus wants you.
He needs you.
In my life, from age 12, until now, I have had 53 different jobs in this world.
I was a retail manager. I drove forklifts. I milked cows. I have washed dishes in the early years. Pumped gas. I learned the upholstery trade. I was a machinist before I went to prison.
I have worked in every secular job I could find.
I was a warehouse manager for a phone company in 1978.
I even climbed telephone poles before the era of underground cable.
For thirty years, I was a master baker and pastry chef.
I have done a bunch of jobs.
All in all, I know how to do many things.
But I have never worked a white-collar job. It has always been hard labor, to a degree.
The best job, outside of the job I currently have, is not a job I was qualified to do.
I learned while on the job.
I am working full-time on a ranch today.
I am 69, digging holes with a pickaxe and shovel, and pouring concrete and setting fence posts.
It is good for me physically.
MY best job is not a job at all.
I am a preacher of this precious Gospel.
The Good News that Jesus Saves.
It is a calling, not a job, to me.
I do not have a white collar or a blue collar.
I have a yoke upon me, and I am learning every day from Him.
I was hired by Jesus, from a cotton field, 47 years ago.
That is one job I would like to have never done.
I had to do it while in prison at age 20.
He hired me.
He has the best benefits of any employer.
I have full medical and dental and eye care.
My body is in his care, as He is the Great Physician.
My 401 K retirement plan is set in stone.
The same stone that was rolled away from the tomb Jesus was in.
He died, so I could live without a grave.
No headstones for me.
My name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life today.
It has been there since May 8, 1977.
Mother’s Day morning while in prison.
I surrendered my job with Satan, to work for the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Jesus Christ is the Equal Opportunity Employer of a lifetime.
If you are hired by Him, or ready to be hired, you will have a job forever.
It will be in Eternity.
You will work for Him, the rest of time itself.
Please do not wait any longer to go to work.
It is so rewarding to serve Him.
I do not need a gold watch when I leave this earth for Heaven.
I will live on streets of gold, and the Sea of Glass will shine and shimmer.
There will be no more pain, sorrow or tears.
Only Jesus.
What more could we ask for today?
Ask Him.
He is stretching out his hands to embrace you today.
He stands at your door knocking.
Just open the door by faith, and He will come in, and be with you, no matter what your current employment status is.
Copyright © 2025 by Joe Wilkins
