Doing Our Best In Every Season
Wednesday September 23, 2020
Recovery is hard work. Finding employment to pay the bills is often a challenge. Employment training or retraining stretches us and in today’s fragile economy we wonder if there will be jobs for us when we complete our training. God’s word encourages us to give ourselves whole heartedly to the work that is before us today and then we can expect God to take care of the rest.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23-24 NIV)
We are all unique individuals that God has created and we each find ourselves in very different seasons of life. God wants to give students what they need to study well and learn. He will bless employees to be a blessing to others if they do their best in whatever work they are doing – whether it is day labour or a high-pressure job in a downtown office. Each one’s job is to serve God and we do that by serving our employer well, by co-operating with other members of a team we might be on, or providing training and support to others so they can succeed right alongside us.
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. (1 Peter 4:10 NIV)
Every place of work or study requires flexibility and grace as we work together to benefit the community. God has blessed each of us with skills and talents and we need to respect the safety and dignity of everyone in our work area.
God has served us well every day of our life and we now can respond to that faithful help by committing our work into God’s hands and doing everything we can to bless others.
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. (Hebrews 6:10 NIV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we commit the work of this day to You asking You to bless us and our work and to make something beautiful of it all in Your time and way. Amen
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