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From the Heart

Work. Work. Work. Some of us love it. Some of us hate it. And some of us would be happy to do it, as long as we didn’t feel like we had to. Take my middle daughter, for example. She was given the opportunity to run the Sunday school program, under my supervision, for the faculty children when she was only 12. How she thrived with that responsibility, even though she didn’t get paid a dime. She never complained and paid attention to every detail.

Compare that job to her next job of working in a coffee shop in which she earned good pay washing dishes and mopping floors for a wonderful employer. Let’s just say that job wasn’t nearly as glamorous, even though the environment and her coworkers were fabulous. For her, the dishwashing job required a more intentional effort in doing the work for the Lord, not because it wasn’t “ministry focused” but rather it didn’t have the rewards she experienced teaching Sunday school. Those little souls loved her to the moon and back, while the dishes never did rise up and thank her.

So let me ask you, are you working for an earthly reward or heavenly one? Are you craving some appreciation from man or God? Would you rather pursue a job that satisfies your soul and not your bank account?

Regardless of what you call “work,” the Lord wants you to embrace it with all your heart. So how can you approach your responsibilities today from a perspective of working for the Lord alone?

Trap and Transform

1. What is the work God has for you today?

2. What does it look like for you to work at it with all your heart?

3. In what ways have you been working for praise or thanks or the mighty dollar rather than for the Lord, and how can you change that behavior?