Hi Blogger,
A few years ago, when we were still funding the ministry in London ourselves friends of ours asked me to strip, fill, sand down and repaint their home's foyer. It was an awful job. The fine pink dust would clog your nose (!), your arms and shoulder would become so tired as you sanded the higher parts of the wall, and then you had to clean the mess up before they came home every day!
One thought kept me going though, and it wasn't the money (although they were very generous). It was the thought that I'm working on a friend's house. This is not some nameless person - but someone I knew and cared for. My work mattered... for me and for them.
If you are a Christian, this same logic might help you when you remember that everything in the world belongs to God. In effect - every job you do is as if you are working on a dear friend's house.
Psalm 24:1: The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it
Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, if there has ever been a friend who's 'house' I want the privilege of working on - it's yours. Help me to see that everything in this world is yours and that the question is not necessarily what and where I do my job, but how I do it. Help me to do it as an act of thankful worship to you. Amen
Rev. Kruger de Kock
London"
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A few years ago, when we were still funding the ministry in London ourselves friends of ours asked me to strip, fill, sand down and repaint their home's foyer. It was an awful job. The fine pink dust would clog your nose (!), your arms and shoulder would become so tired as you sanded the higher parts of the wall, and then you had to clean the mess up before they came home every day!
One thought kept me going though, and it wasn't the money (although they were very generous). It was the thought that I'm working on a friend's house. This is not some nameless person - but someone I knew and cared for. My work mattered... for me and for them.
If you are a Christian, this same logic might help you when you remember that everything in the world belongs to God. In effect - every job you do is as if you are working on a dear friend's house.
Psalm 24:1: The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it
Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, if there has ever been a friend who's 'house' I want the privilege of working on - it's yours. Help me to see that everything in this world is yours and that the question is not necessarily what and where I do my job, but how I do it. Help me to do it as an act of thankful worship to you. Amen
Rev. Kruger de Kock
London"
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