The Job That Needs Doing

I'm sure that you know about the show "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery Chanel.  Host Mike Rowe highlights jobs that are, well, less than glamorous.  The idea is that there are things going on in the back ground that none of us see.  So when this show goes to NASA, they aren't looking at the rockets and talking to the astronauts.  They say, "Someone has to climb under that rig and scrape off the grease,  Let's talk to that guy."

Dirty Jobs is popular because it features the anti celebrity; the normal every day people who do a job that needs to be done.  It isn't glamorous, but it's what they do.  I think that many of us relate.

In the classic movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", George Baily spends his life engaged in the job that needs doing.  He puts his dreams on hold to run the building and loan that was started by his father.  He looks at his life as a waste and only later sees how wonderful it truly was.  Some seasons in our life are a struggle for us, but those around us are better off for our efforts.

Which brings us to the life of Jesus Christ.  He was given the ultimate dirty job.  His assignment was to save humanity from itself.  He could have said no, but he did the job that needed to be done.

Watch this clip from Pastor Lowell.

Jesus submitted to death.  He gave himself up for our transgressions.  Now there is a wonderful life.