Most people born in the early 1990’s or before will remember JUST DO IT as an advertising campaign for Nike. It ran from 1988 to 1998 as an encouragement to take action. I thought of it this morning while reading my Bible.
Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.1 John 3:18
This passage talks about how Christians should treat each other, to the point of laying down our lives for one another. That’s pretty serious love! Like all basic truths, this principle applies in all aspects of life.
Do you spend time always talking about how much you should or need to do something? I need to lose weight. I need to eat less garbage. I need to be more active. I need to call so-and-so.
Do you also find yourself frequently wondering where the week went? Sadly, time flies whether you’re having fun or not!
The word action in that verse is translated from the Greek word ἔργον (e’r-gon). Thayer’s Greek Lexicon first listed meaning for ἔργον is “business, employment, that with which anyone is occupied.” One of the first topics discussed when two people meet? “What do you do?” Typical answers are usually along the lines of, “I am a (firefighter, attorney, mechanic, etc.)” or “I work for/own (insert business name).”
Rather than talking about love, it should be our business or employment. We should be known by it. That which you constantly pay lip service to? Begin doing. As if it were your livelihood. Apply that to all aspects of your life and you can accomplish amazing things!
This article was first published on March 22, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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