Good Morning everyone,
I pray that you've had a great weekend and are looking forward to a successful work week. You know sometimes it is easy to forget how much of a blessing our jobs are. If you've ever been unemployed for a period of time you can identify with how it is to need work and not have it. You probably prayed prayers in that time period asking God to open the door for you. You may have prayed things like "God, I don't care what it is. I just want to be in your will." Sound familiar?
Well if you've ever prayed that, then the next part of the Lord's prayer is for you: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven." What exactly does this mean? I know he is king in heaven, but does he really care about what I do on earth? I believe he does. In fact Ecclesiastes 9:10 says, "whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might." Collosians 3:23 tells us to do whatever we do "heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men." Whatever I am doing today, whether church work, school, or my secular job I should do it as a praise unto God.
He gave me this day. How I spend it is my gift to him. I may not have much control over what I'm asked to do today. But whatever it is, I will consider it God's will for my life and I will endeavor to do it with a cheerful spirit. Much of life is about the mundane, ordinary task that we must do. It might be laundry for a stay-at-home mom or filing reports for a working person. The exciting things come less frequently but are no more important. If not for our faithfulness in doing the mundane the exciting would not be possible. Whatever your task today, let it be your offering to God. Consider it his will for you. Do it with a cheerful spirit. It will make all the difference.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven ....
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