Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men, knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve. Colossians 3:23-24 Amplified Bible (AMP) Approach work with the mindset that you are working for the Lord. Finish the day knowing that you gave your best and did your best.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17 (NKJV)
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. Nehimiah 2:11-13
When Nehemiah reached the Jerusalem, he didn’t have a lot of men go before him blowing trumpets and saying that the cupbearer of the great Persian king had arrived from the Persian court, and was going to build the walls of Jerusalem. There are some men who are always telling what they are going to do. Man, let the work speak for itself. You needn’t blow any horns; go and do the work, and it will advertise itself. Nehemiah didn’t have any newspapers writing about him, or any placards. However, there was no small stir. No doubt every one in town was talking about it, saying that a very important personage had arrived from the Persian court; but he was there three days and three nights without telling anyone why he had come. (Source: Moody, Dwight Lyman. Men of the Bible)
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? Nehemiah 6:3
Now during all these centuries that story has been told. If Nehemiah had remained at court, he might have died a millionaire, but he never would have been heard of twenty years after his death. Do you know the names of any of Nineveh’s millionaires? This man stepped out of that high position and took a low position, one that the world looked down upon and frowned upon, and his name has been associated with the walls of Jerusalem all these centuries. Young man, if you want to be immortal, become identified with God’s work, and pay no attention to what men outside say. Nehemiah and his associates began at sunrise and worked until it grew so dark they could not see. A man who will take up God’s work, and work summer and winter right through the year, will have a harvest before the year is over, and the record of it will shine after he enters the other world. (Adapted from D.L. Moody's book, Men of the Bible) Boost your devotional life with For His Glory: 31 Daily Meditations
Workless Myth He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Proverbs 10:4 Wealth without work is a myth. This mindset has wrecked the potential of many a good person. Today, there is a complete industry, which is working very hard and becoming excessively prosperous, trying to convince you that all you really need is the right break. The wedge these get-rich-quick schemes have is they sell you your dreams; but never tell you that the only way those dreams become reality is by working – usually very hard. Here is a simple question I ask myself when deciding if something is to-good-to-be-true: If you could really make that much money that easily, wouldn’t everybody be doing it? Don’t spend your life trying to buy your dreams while making someone else rich. Spend your life working for those dreams.
I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near. ~Margaret Thatcher For His Glory are short but pointed little gems of biblical wisdom to stir your heart and help you live a better life. Find out more. Copyright
Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel. Nehemiah 2:9-10 ESV
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord a you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24 ESV
Everything looked dark before Nehemiah. The walls were broken down. There was not a man of influence among the people, not a man of culture or a man of wealth. The nations all around were looking down upon these weak, feeble Jews. So it is in many churches today, the walls are down, and people say it is no use, and their hands drop down by their side. Everything seemed against Nehemiah, but he was a man who had the fire of God in his soul; he had come to build the walls of Jerusalem. If you could have bored a hole into his head, you would have found “Jerusalem” stamped on his brain. If you could have looked into his heart you would have found “Jerusalem” there. He was a fanatic; he was terribly in earnest; he was an enthusiast. I like to see a man take up some one thing and say, “I will do it; I live for this thing; this one thing I am bound to do.” We spread out so much, and try to do so many things, that the world never hears of us. (Source: Moody, Dwight Lyman. Men of the Bible) Tweet Is your devotional life dead -- non-existent? Let For His Glory: 31 Daily Meditations get you back on track.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice...) Hebrews 3:7 "Life is too short for us to put into manifestation much that we would choose. Even with a good choice, life is too short for it. But I tell you one thing, life is long enough so that when Truth is presented, and there is an occasion for us to make a decision; or a surrender; or die a death; or accept a Truth—right here is where we do it, but the fruitage—the real fruitage—of it, won’t always be seen here. We aren’t here long enough; the real fruitage will be projected in the things yet to come." -John Wright Follette, Golden Grain
