Good Endeavors
“Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.”
I’m trying out audiobook reading and I like it. When I’m in my car on my way to work I plug in my iPhone and listen. I’m audiobook reading (I guess that’s what you call it) “Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work” By Timothy Keller and it’s great. If you want to get a better understanding of why God’s put you in the work that you’re in you should read this book. Yesterday I was talking to a friend about God’s plan for our lives and how it connects to our own desires and plans. That conversation helped me remember how blessed I am by God’s love, mercy and favor. Afterwards I was getting some errands done around the house, as I usually do on my off day from work, and I was thanking God for how undeservingly wonderful He has been to me; a song that I haven’t heard in awhile popped into my head. It goes like this, "I’m coming back to the heart of worship, where it’s all about you, Jesus."
I have always taken the words of this song in the most common description of worship through singing. This time though, it made me think about how we were created to worship our Creator in everything that we do. Not just at our workplace but in every aspect of our life.
I thought about how I worship God on a daily basis. Have I treated my everyday that way? Have I done everything in obedience and thankfulness? Or, have made it all about me rather than about Him. Have I made the blessing of a job, a family, a purpose that God has given me into something else? I hope not, but if I have "I'm sorry Lord for the thing I've made [worship] because it's all about You."
“We receive God’s blessings to acheive His purpose for our lives, so God can receive our worship.”
Originally posted on October 2013.