A reminder for
today
Pay careful attention
to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done,
and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else. For we are each
responsible for our own conduct. (Galatians 6:4-5)
Work is really scarce here in South Africa and if you have
one you are fortunate. There are so many that walk the streets and stand
begging at our robots. If you visit a township and you see the poverty there it
really opens your eyes. We went to help the Zama Zama community on Friday to
paint a room at the school where they want to make a baby room. This is an
informal settlement and it is severe poverty that you see when you enter this
township. Watching those kids play and laugh really touched my heart again and
I was taken back to my days as a teacher. I remembered how gratifying teaching
is.
I went home on Friday with an immensely grateful heart for
we have so much in comparison to other. I came in to work yesterday to catch
up on some stuff that I wanted to complete and I realized how blessed I am to
have a good job. My dad always said that hard work rewards you and we should
look at work and do it to please God. It is God that gave us our talents to be
able to do our jobs and we should do our best all the time. If you give it your
all and you do your best you will never need to compare yourself to other. Each
one of us is responsible for his own work and you should do it with pride.
So today I want you to work with pride and to do your best
all the time. Be grateful for what you have and thank God for the blessings in
your life. We do not need much to live and succeed so live with contempt with
what you have and honor God with what you do.
Lord, today I bring our work to you and I pray that you
bless us in what we do so that we will glorify you in it. In Jesus name.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
