“What can I do with my life today?”. Jesus did! And here us the answer that Jesus lived by. Jesus did what He saw the Father doing. What God the Father is doing, what is in His heart, that is our call. That is what should occupy our day. That is our life mission.

Jesus walked moment by moment in compassion. Most of the stories left in the Bible for us center on two things… 1)preaching life to crowds of any size, whoever would listen and 2)touching the hurting. These really are the same thing! Some need a word, some need a touch, many need both. But whatever the need, it is an individual that is needing. One is the magic number!

It feels great to “preach to 5000”, to draw crowds and big numbers of responses. That sort of thing feeds our own ego well and brings the limelight near to justify our hard work in our own mind. But nothing is greater than meeting the need of the one! God cares about the individual! You, and me. Jesus likewise didn’t preach to “A” crowd of 5000, He preached to 5000 individuals! He saw every eye, every heart, every need.

Doing the Father’s work, is about the one He puts in our path today. The one who needs a word or a touch. If God cares, so should we. If God desires to shed light on the one right beside us, we should be the bulb.

You see, doing God’s will and work is not about great ministries and numbers, not about best selling books, large ministries, big followings… No. Doing God’s work is about the individual, whether one or a thousand, it is about individual need. God’s heart is toward the one. Depth! Touching the one where they need to be touched. Caring, taking time to meet the need of the one.

God the Father directs our steps to bring the one in our path each day. It could be one alone or thousands of ones, but it is always individuals that He wants to touch. Jesus touched and spoke to that one who the Father brought His way.

What will you do today?

Try this: Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the hurt and need of each one that crosses your path today. Ask Him to empower you to meet that need. Ask Him for compassion, for wisdom, for power, for love to meet that need fully and deeply.

You are the light of heaven for all those around you to see today. You are the hands and voice of a Holy God. Concentrate your work on the one you encounter today. That is God’s work.