Doing His Will: The Work That Christ Finishes Through Us

Introduction

Every believer eventually faces the piercing question: What does it truly mean to do the will of God? Christ Himself answered it with startling clarity. Standing beside the well of Samaria, He declared, “My meat is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work” (John 4:34). His very sustenance — His food, His strength — was to accomplish the Father’s purpose.

But what is that unfinished work? And how does He now complete it through His Body?

Thesis: Christ continues the Father’s will through His indwelling life in us — seeking, calling, and raising His elect, the spiritually dead, so that not one whom the Father has given Him will be lost.

The Unfinished Work: A Harvest Ready

Immediately after declaring His purpose, Christ points to the fields: “Lift up your eyes… the fields are white already to harvest” (John 4:35). The harvest is the world; the work is the gathering of the elect.

Those who truly see the Son and believe on Him receive eternal life, and He promises, “I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:40). Again He says, “Of all which the Father hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day” (John 6:39).

The will of the Father is unmistakable: Not one of His elect will be lost. Not one will remain dead. All will be raised.

Christ in Us: The Shepherd Still Seeking

Here is the astonishing truth: Christ finishes this work in us and through us.

He is the Shepherd of the lost sheep. And because He dwells in His Body, He goes out — in us — to gather His own.

This is not merely our mission; it is His life expressing itself through our bodies, which are now His temple.

Raising the Dead: The Father’s Will in Action

Jesus declared, “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will” (John 5:21).

Who are the dead? Scripture answers plainly: those “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1).

And how does He raise them? Through the preaching of the cross, through the word of life spoken by those in whom He dwells. In Yahweh’s timing, empowered by His Spirit, Christ in us calls His elect out of death and into life — and He will raise them up at the last day, losing not one.

This is the will of God. This is the work of God. This is the harvest.

The Vision Opens Only to the Crucified

This vision — Christ using us as His hands, His feet, His voice — opens only when two revelations strike the heart:

1. Our old man is dead.
2. It is no longer we who live, but Christ who lives in us (Galatians 2:20).

When we step aside — when self is crucified — He takes over His temple. Then Christ in us goes forth to seek the lost sheep of the house of Israel, gathering every son and daughter whom the Father has given Him.

Conclusion

So let us go out — not in our strength, but in His. Let us yield our bodies to the indwelling Christ. Let us join Him in the work He delights to finish:

seeking, saving, quickening, and raising every elect soul the Father has given Him — losing not