Seize the Moment – Day 924
Work is Divine!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, September 27.
Comparison is often at the root of our discontentment, especially when we make value judgments about ourselves, or others, based on things like jobs and economic status. Instead of seeing all work as God’s work, we view some jobs as more important than others. That’s just not true! The Bible teaches us that work was God’s idea first (ref. Genesis 1:26-28); therefore, all work is divine, whether you get paid for it or not.
As David nears the end of his kingship, he applies the full force of his administrative abilities to organize the kingdom and amass great wealth in preparation for Solomon, his son, to rule a kingdom centered around the temple system. In 1 Chronicles 26 that includes the establishment of three additional categories of workers: the temple’s gatekeepers (1-19), the temple’s treasurers (20-28), and various civil servants who served outside of the temple (29-32). Every job was important and centered around right worship of God.
Within David’s kingdom, all work was God’s work, as God designed it to be from the beginning. Significantly, in 1 Chronicles 26:12, we find an important connection between the doormen who provided security and the priests who worked at the altar, “To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the Lord.” David gave them equal value! Both were serving in ministry because anything you do unto the Lord is ministry in the eyes of God, whether a doorman, bookkeeper, or civil servant.
Seize the moment and “Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve” (Colossians 3:23-24). Treat your work as a divine calling.
God bless you!
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