Does Your Work Praise You?
“Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.” (Proverbs 31:29-31)
Today’s Morsel: Do the things you do for other bring you praise or stress? One of the problems with most employees is that they bring about their own stress and fatigue, because most of them go to work for the money and not for what they can do for others. Every job should be seen as helping others. Daily when I pray, I ask God to bless those who are working to make life for others better and easier. I pray that they will understand and be able to see that what they are doing is for the good of others and not themselves. When our congress fails to pass the bill to pay our TSA and Air Traffic Controllers workers, many of these employees went to work anyway. That shows that it was not about them, it was about the safety and well-being of others. Yes, they received back pay and in some cases bonuses, but their attitude showed that they were selfless servants and not takers. Solomon states to let a virtuous woman’s work praise her in the gates. In other words, don’t do things for self-gratification and self-praise, but let what you do bring you praise from others. A life lived with integrity and a deep reverence for God and His ways is sure to bring Him praise. And if we were to see that everything that we do for others, is done to bring Christ glory and honor, we too will reap the same benefits as He does.
Sing: Jesus use me, O’ Lord, don’t refuse me, for surely there’s a work that I can do. And even though its humble, Lord help my will to crumble. Though the cost be great I’ll work for You.
Thought For Today: “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” (Proverbs 27:2)
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