Words of Encouragement August - 17 - 2003
What are you spending the biggest bulk of your life working for? Is it a boss, a promotion, a sense of importance, a secure lifestyle...? If it can be taken from you, or you can be removed from it, then it's not very permanent is it! Only what Jesus gives us is truly lasting, and it comes from God's grace. So how can you more fully invest yourself in work that "endures to eternal life"?
Jesus' words found in John 6:27 are truly words to live by.
"Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life,which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him,"
Let us go to our heavenly Father in prayer.
Uncloud our thinking, dear God, so that we may more clearly see what it is that we're working for in our lives. Help us find ways to invest ourselves, "our" time, and "our" money in those things that are eternal. Please forgive and strengthen us as we commit to seek you above all other things.
In the name of Jesus, your Son we pray.
Amen.