A Much Bigger Job to Do
-by Dan Johnson
My father told me, just before he passed on,
That a person is given two jobs,
One job is the work you do here on Earth,
The other when you go home to God.
The work you do here is important of course,
There’s so much to be done in this life,
Provide for your family, work hard every day,
Be a good neighbor, husband or wife.
But this world is a warm-up, he went on to say.
What you do here could never come close,
To the job you’ll be given when your next life begins.
That’s the work that will matter the most.
You have a bigger job to do,
When your time on this earth is all done.
God’s preparing you now for a purpose much higher,
And He’ll call you when your time has come.
God gives us each our talents and skills,
And He watches the choices we make.
If we use those gifts wisely, with grace, and with love,
God blesses the path that we take.
And to whom much is given, much will be asked,
So be faithful in all that you do.
When your Father sees all that you’ve done in this life,
He'll entrust His Kingdom to you.
So child, when I pass on and you look at my life,
See the love and the joy that I’ve shown.
And remember the only reason I’m gone,
Is I had bigger work to be done.
And my last day here on this difficult earth,
Is my first day there on the job.
And I so want to see the work that I’ll have,
Waiting there by the side of my God.
And between you and me, I hope one of my chores,
Is to always look after you.
For I’ve spent my whole life loving you so,
It’s what I intend always to do.
And I know that you’ll miss me, just don’t miss me too much.
When God tells me my work here is through.
“Well done good and faithful servant,” He’ll say,
Now you’ve a much bigger job to do.
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