Mark 6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
Our Lord had sent out His disciples to preach, to heal, to raise the dead, and to cast out devils (MAR 6:7; MAT 10:5-8). The disciples did as they were instructed. Now in our verse above we see those disciples coming to our Lord and reporting to him what they had done and had taught. I see here a great principle we need to incorporate into our lives.
We are certainly familiar with telling the Lord our sins, the things we do wrong. But do we also tell the Lord the things we do and say that are good, that are in obedience to His commandments? For example, when the prophet Isaiah informed King Hezekiah that he was going to die, Hezekiah confessed to God the good that he had done in his life.
Isaiah 38:2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Or consider the prayer of David. Observe in the bold print David’s report to God of the good he had done.
Psalms 26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Or consider the example of Nehemiah.
Nehemiah 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
In the world of business, it is expected that men give an account to their superiors as to what they have done with the responsibility and resources they have been given. It is no less true in the realm of service to God. In the great Day of Judgment we shall all give an account of ourselves to God.
Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
It would be a good idea for us all to get a head start by doing that know. Like the disciples, learn to report to your Lord all things, both what you have done, and what you have taught. In his comments on Mark 6:30, G. Campbell Morgan said it well: “Regularly to do this would be to make us more than ever careful in all our doing, and all our teaching.”
And, now, O Lord, I have written this devotional to impress upon my readers the importance of being accountable to Thee. Behold how I love these Thy people and how I yearn that they live unto Thee. Remember this good deed that I have done and wipe it not out. Through Jesus Christ our Lord I pray. Amen.
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