Your Work Matters To God…

Reflect on your blessings, of which everyone has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all have some. ... My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too. John 5:17 A salesman stopped to visit a client and was amazed to find a big dog emptying wastebaskets.
	'All part of the job!' the dog said cheerfully. 'Does your boss know how fortunate he is to have a talking dog?' the salesman asked. 'No,' replied the dog, 'and don't tell him - or he'll have me answering phones next!' The Bible says, '... there is nothing better than to... find satisfaction in work... these pleasures are from... God' (Ecclesiastes 2:24). Max Lucado says, "Before God gave Adam a wife or child... He gave him a job in "the garden... to cultivate... and keep it" (Genesis 2:15)." God deems work worthy of its own engraved commandment: "You shall work six days, but on the seventh... you shall rest... " (Exodus 34:21). Dr Adrian Rogers said, 'God takes ordinary people and gives them power to do extraordinary things. Whether you put hub caps on tyres... key in data... dig ditches or wash dishes, "Work... as... for the Lord... "(Colossians 3:23). Jesus' home was the cottage of a working man. Mending ploughs or mending souls, Jesus was doing God's work because people need houses and furniture. Knowing you're serving the Lord puts dignity in running a machine, greasing cars, carrying mail, painting houses, or cutting grass. Your career consumes half your life. Shouldn't it broadcast God?
Don't those 40-60 hours belong to Him too? Tell God, "I'm doing this for you and I'll do it with all my might"... That kind of attitude puts a spring in your step... You're a priest of God... in full-time service! May you glorify God in your work and in all you do! PRAISE GOD BLESSED BE THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD