God is always happy when His children obey Him in all things. And he will not withhold any good thing from them. That is why he said in Lk15v 31: “And he said unto him, son, thou art ever with me and all that I have is thine.” Good children know the will of their father and His expectation from them at all times hence they will willingly carry out the instruction of their father at all times.
This is exactly what is expected of the children of God who are, indeed, the believers or the church in this present day. Our Lord Jesus Christ did not mince words when He had this to say to His earthly parents when they were looking for Him after the census in Bethlehem. In Matthew 2:48-49 Jesus said to His parents: “And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49: And he said unto them; how is it that ye sought me? Knew ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”
The father is the Almighty God and the business is evangelism aimed at reclaiming the lost kingdom and propagating the will of the King in heaven to all the kingdom citizens on earth. At this time our Lord Jesus Christ was in the temple discussing Bible contents with the scribes and the Pharisees. At this time He was just 12 years old, but His knowledge of the Bible threw big challenge to those elders and teachers of the law arguing with Him in the temple. He was more interested in that biblical discussion than going home with the earthly parents.
In the lead scripture, He, Our Lord Jesus Christ, issued standing instruction to His disciples to go into the world and preach the gospel, the message of the kingdom, He has come to reclaim. The people who will accept this message will be saved for everlasting life with Him, while the people who reject the same message will be damned and be eventually thrown into hell fire where they will spend their eternal life in agony and in the gnashing of teeth. God the king who resides in heaven wanted the heavenly kingdom expanded to earth. The kingdom on the earth, which God created and handed over to man to take charge of by having dominion, replenishing and subduing it, was lost to a usurper, the Devil.
It is this lost kingdom, our Lord Jesus Christ has come to reclaim. He brought the message of the kingdom, which must be propagated, in the heart of men to make them change their mindset and think like kingdom citizens. Our Lord Jesus Christ started this business of the father in the street of Galilee, announcing to the people to repent that the Kingdom of God was near.
The disobedience of the word of God, which Satan sold to Adam and Eve to deceive them to surrender the rulership of the kingdom to him, must be jettisoned and total obedience to the word of God and the will of the king must be embraced to make the glory of God fill the earth. The propagation of the kingdom message in the heart of men is the business of the father, which is the work our Lord Jesus Christ has come to finish.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, having converted us to be His disciples, we must join Him to finish the work of evangelism, which is the business of the father. That is why John 4:34-36 says: “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35: Say not ye, there are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36: And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
The work of the Father, the King in heaven must be finished and there is no other time to do the work than now the harvest is ripe. The heartbeat of the King is evangelism for soul winning, hence the commandment to go into the world and preach the gospel to all creatures. There should be no room for distractions as our Lord Jesus Christ resisted it during His earthly ministry. The total focus should be on the work because we are to do the will of the King and serve His purpose on earth. Man should make effort at all times to please God who created him. The Bible is emphatic in Revelations 4:11 saying: “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” When we do the work of the Father, it gives Him honour and please Him because all things were created, including human beings for His pleasure.
Again prudent management of the resources the King has put under your care is also doing the business of the Father and pleasing Him. God created man to take care of all other things He created. Genesis 1:26-28 is clear on this where God said: “And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ‘be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.’”
God created man in His own image and placed on the earth as His own representative meant to govern the earth. We are to manage the resources God has created and placed on earth. As we carry out this management mandate, we are doing the work of God. As man embarks on the work of evangelism for the salvation of lost souls, we are meticulously continuing the business of the Lord. As you take time to do these works, God will be happy with you at all times even in the life to come.
