Think of it Like Typing

Does God know everything?

Absolutely.

Can God do everything?

Yes.

Is God everywhere?

Most assuredly.

Then why do we evangelize? Why do we share the gospel? Why do we tell others about Jesus and what He did on the cross? After all, it is not as if God needs us to do that?

Right?

Well, similar to a previous post, the short answer is that we have been commanded by God to do so. It is our assignment by God to tell others. So, we do it because God said so.

And that is enough.

But, maybe we can think about it another way that might just give us a different view.

Think of it like this.

Several years ago, I was typing a paper for a class at seminary. At the time, my oldest child was about five years old and she wanted to help my type my paper. Seeing this as a great opportunity to spend a little time with her, I brought her right up into my lap.

This is how the typing went.

She asked what the next letter was and I told her that the next letter was ‘T’.

Then I waited for her to find the ‘T’.

Then I showed her where it was.

Then I told her that the next letter was ‘H’.

Then I waited for her to find where that was.

Then I helped her find it.

And then the next letter was ‘E’.

You can see how this was going. Admittedly, this wasn’t the fastest way to type a paper. It was quite inefficient and time consuming.

So, was my daughter helping me type my paper?

Yes. And no.

The truth is, she was actually making it take longer. Longer than it would have if I was just doing it myself. But that isn’t the point.

The point is that she wasn’t worried about efficiency. She was just happy to be sitting on her father’s lap participating in his work.

She was just happy to be sitting on her father’s lap participating in his work.

We shouldn’t think that God needs us to accomplish His work. We should just be happy to be with Him and participating in His work. Just happy to be sitting on his lap, ‘helping’ Him in what He is doing.

And let me say, as a father, it did not bother me that it was taking longer because she was helping. It was a joy to have her ‘help’ me.

Because I love her.

If you are a child of God, He loves you too.

And He wants you to spend time with Him.

He wants you to participate in His work.

So let’s not think about the fact that God could probably do it faster and more efficiently without us.

Let’s not think about the fact that He doesn’t actually need us to do anything.

Let’s just be happy to be with Him, doing what He is doing.

Participating in our Father’s work.