#190: Spiritual Health: How to honor God with Jordan Raynor

INSIDE: Have you ever wondered how to honor God? What does it look like to glorify God through your work? Your work matters. Listen to Jordan Raynor on Grace In Real Life.

We’re talking about becoming spiritually healthy by recognizing how sacred our work is – no matter what we do – and how our work matters for eternity.

Some of you might hear that and think, “But I’m not in full-time ministry. I’m not a missionary or on a church’s staff or recording a worship album. How is my work sacred?” Or maybe you think, “Well, maybe my work is important because it’s where I get to share the gospel.”

I hope you receive the light Jordan sheds on how important your work is – whether you’re a spiritual director or a teacher’s aide, whether you’re a women’s ministry leader or a hairstylist, whether you’re a speaker or a marketing coordinator.

Work – done in partnership with God – is the oldest spiritual discipline there is, and it’s one we don’t talk much about. I deeply want you to know that God created the concept of work before sin ever entered the world and that your work is tied to the redemptive power of the gospel of Jesus. I hope you are freed from feeling as if your work is only important if you’re sharing the gospel and fulfilling the Great Commission.

Friends, Jordan and I believe in the power and importance of the Great Commission. People come to a relationship with Jesus because someone who knows Jesus tells them about Jesus. And also, so often, we feel the weight or obligation or guilt because we don’t share the gospel in every interaction we have.

What would it be like to know that God designed you to participate in the Great Commission AND His command to us to fill and subdue the earth, to participate in creating good and useful and beautiful things with Him?

How free would you feel to know that the work you’re doing right now matters for all eternity, and it makes God smile when you partner with Him in that work – whether you evangelized today or not?

What would it be like to only feel free to do the good works God prepared in advance for you to do before the creation of the world?

How loud would you exhale if you remembered the beautiful gift that is Sabbath rest?

Jordan and I talk about the beauty, sacredness, and eternal value of our work, whether it’s prosecuting human traffickers, teaching at cosmetology school, writing grants, or selling real estate.

In today’s episode, you’ll receive practical strategies and anchoring truths as you learn how to honor God. You’ll learn:

four ways your work matters for eternity,
what to do when the Great Commission feels heavy,
and why Sabbath is good for your soul and goals.

How to honor God

“Every moment of your life can matter for eternity.” – Jordan Raynor
“God’s delight is really the essence of worship.” – Jordan Raynor
“When you understand that 100% of your time has the potential to matter for eternity, that makes you come fully alive. And fully alive people attract the lost like honey attracts bees.” – Jordan Raynor
“We will worship by singing, filling, subduing, and ruling the new earth with King Jesus, and that’s so hopeful.” – Jordan Raynor

Glorifying God through your work

“God’s definition of excellence is dramatically different than the world’s definition of excellence.” – Jordan Raynor
“God has not called us to achieve. He doesn’t need us to accomplish anything in the work. He’s just called us to suit up and try and leave it all out on the field.” – Jordan Raynor
“We are made in the image of God who works, not just for the utility of it, but for the sheer joy and beauty of creating something good and true and beautiful.” – Jordan Raynor
“Your work matters deeply to God. One hundred percent of your time has the potential to matter for eternity. But nothing but Jesus is the ultimate good thing.” – Jordan Raynor

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