Purpose for Your Work!
The Bible is very clear that the purpose for our work life is to reflect Christ in and through our lives.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 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
Again, The Bible is very clear that the purpose for our work life is to reflect Christ in and through our lives.
* It is an attitude that says our work is to have an overriding “ministry” objective to it.
*Our work is our worship to God.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…” Ephesians 3:20
* Do you want to love Jesus with an insatiable love?If you want to, then
Humble yourself before the Lord and ask Him to help you love Him.
He will give you immeasurably more than you can imagine. Over time the emptiness in your heart will be filled with a love for Jesus you have never known.
* Your heart will praise Him for what He has done and for who He is—your Lord.
When the Spirit of God indwells us, we receive a new power source (Spirit) along with a new heart.
* “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Five Ways to Make God Known at Work
When one of these is missing, the witness to the truth of Christ suffers.
1. The excellence of the products or services you render in your job shows the excellence and greatness of God.
2. The standards of integrity you follow at your job show the integrity and holiness of God.
3. The love you show to people in your job shows the love of God.
4. The stewardship of the money you make from your job shows the value of God compared to other things.
5. The verbal testimony you give to the reality of Christ shows the doorway to all these things in your life and their possibility in the lives of others.
“Ah, Sovereign Lord, why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?” (Josh. 7:7a)
In this case, the people fell short because they failed to uphold the standard God had set for them.
*God had told them not to take any plunder from their first battle.
*However, Achan hid some forbidden treasures, and God was now judging the entire nation for one man’s sin.
Whenever we act without God’s complete blessing on our activity, we can expect God to thwart our plans. God’s word to Joshua was that he could not stand against his enemies as long as there was disobedience among his troops.
Whenever we launch any endeavor, we should make sure there are no unclean things in our dealings that would allow us to be vulnerable to a failed effort: unforgiveness, Anger, unpaid vendors, disgruntled people who were not treated fairly, lawsuits, dishonesty. Many of these things can hinder God from blessing our endeavors.
These things can remove the shield of protection from our workplace, which God wants to bless, but cannot because He is committed to upholding righteousness.
His name is blemished when unrighteousness is allowed to permeate our lives.
Is the Lord able to bless your endevors today? If not, you may need to go back and clean up a few things before He can do so. Take whatever steps are needed to ensure the blessing of God today.
Lord I am nothing. I need you Father. I put all my trust, all my hope, I put everything that I have everything that I need or desire in your hands Lord, I lay it all at your feet Father. I can’t make things right in my life on my own, using my strength, but I know that I can do all things through you Lord Jesus because you give me strength. Pour on me your Spirit Lord. Pour on me your Spirit so that I can live. Pour on me Lord your Spirit of compassion, pour on me Lord your Spirit of mercy, pour on
me Lord your Spirit of love, pour on me Lord your Spirit of prayer. Pour out on
me Your Spirit Lord. I want to walk like you walk, I want to talk like you talk
I want to love like you love Lord.
Thank You Jesus, Amen