Thursday Reading: Hebrews 6:10-12
Key Verse: Hebrews 6:12
12 that you be not slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Devotion:
Do we really have to work for the rest of our lives? The more we find out about the economy the more we find out that our pensions and other savings are just earthly riches which grow and fade just as the world around us does too. So if we are trying to build up earthly riches, then we had better not be sorry when we find that they fade just when we need them! Don’t you just love it when you know that there is always a solution! God is just and righteous. He will always recognise the good works that we do – I am not talking about working hard to earn a good bonus so you can have a good holiday. The works I am talking of is the work that God wants us to do for Him.
No, we don’t all have to be preachers otherwise who would there be to sit in the pews and listen to the sermons. But God definitely wants us to be more involved with His work and less involved with the world around us. Sometimes when working late at night I wonder why I let myself in for work as a programmer but then I come back to programs written by others that allow me to spread God’s word and to encourage others; then I know why I am involved with doing this work as well as His work. As long as I can be a faithful worker and allow the people to know that I do it because I love God and not because I want their money, then I know I am glorifying my Saviour first of all!
No matter what line of work you are in or whether you have finally managed to retire, you must know that God is a just and righteous God who will continue to support the people that lift His name on high! We have a sure foundation. We have a rock upon which we can rest our faith. Our rewards should not just be monetary rewards but spiritual rewards that we can only get from a God that we know, trust and obey.
Points to Ponder:
What work do you do?
Do you take God with you into work?
