God
tells us, “Every man should enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of
God” (Ecc 3:13). How often have we not taken the time to do this?
We
enjoy the money we get from a job but there’s lots of jobs where we don’t get
paid with money and we need to take a minute to acknowledge and celebrate those
too. What about the small, seemingly insignificant work we do throughout a day?
God says we are to enjoy the good of ALL our labor.
Just
yesterday at work I mentioned to Wendy that this one guy seems to never crack a
smile. He’s in a wheelchair and went by us several times during the day. Even
when I smiled at him, I got no reaction, as if I wasn’t even there. But the
very last time in the day when he went by us I smiled again and made a joke and
sure enough he lightened up, smiled and even responded to my goofy remark.
Wendy and I celebrated by getting all giggly and doing a little celebration
dance at our accomplishment. That was fun.
We
aren’t supposed to just work and work and work until we exhaust ourselves. Most
of us need to celebrate more. God says we’re supposed to “ENJOY THE GOOD OF ALL HIS [OUR] LABOR”, not just the good
from the paycheck we get from our jobs, but the good we get from anything we
work at. Do we get a good feeling of accomplishment? The satisfaction of a
small victory? Do we get a thank you from someone? Happiness in a new skill
learned? Do we feel good about doing something we’ve been putting off for a
while? There are many good results from our labors and lots of reasons to
celebrate because we work at a variety of tasks.
Just
think of some things you work at: Do you work at exercising? Eating well? Reading
the Bible? Praying? Going to bed on time? Do you work at not gossiping? At
paying your bills on time? Do you work at saying something kind every day? Do
you work at spending more time with your kids?
Think
of 2 things you worked at today. Whatever it was, God says we need to take the
time to CELEBRATE. It’s His gift to us. We can say, “Hey, I did pretty
well at that. Great job! You did it!” The Lord wants us to be blessed and this
is just one way He’s given us to put a little more joy in day.
Love,
Carolyn
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