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A journey of recovery from toiling (modern day workaholism) to working (as God intended)
Too Busy for Worship Episode 1 - 15
I must confess that I am a recovering workaholic. While in the previous seasons of my life, this trait seemed so endearing and many praised me for how much I worked so hard. And I soaked in that glor…
We know that God is a worker because we see Him working for six days (Genesis 1-2:3). Therefore, as children of God, we must work and value work just as God does. The first words we see when we open the Bible are, “In the beginning, God (Elohim) created by forming from nothing…” The Bible starts with God working – creating. This creative work continues for six days with God creating everything that man would need in the Garden. In Genesis 2:8-9, we see God Himself doing the work to plant the Garden to ensure that Adam’s work of cultivating…
How many things are going right in my life that make me really enjoy it? So many, but the enemy keeps showing me the one thing I have not attained. He encourages me to reach out to that one thing and to do all it takes for me to get it. Most of the time, we achieve that thing and lose everything else freely provided for us by God.
When we are too busy for God, our stillness before the Lord vanishes along with our peace. When we are not obeying God’s commands, we stop being effective.
By resting, God helps us to break the attachments we form with our places of work as a source of our provision. God can provide for us whether or not we have a job.
We cannot bear fruit or even carry out our God-given assignments unless we are connected to Him. The first and most important step is to accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.
From a corporate perspective, we refer to allowing others as delegating. Wikipedia defines delegating as the act of entrusting a task or responsibility to another person, (typically one who is less senior than oneself). Merriam-Webster states that the word made it to the English dictionary around 1700. From the Scriptures, we see God originating this concept at the Garden of Eden.
So, God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it as His own, that is set it apart as holy from other days! The Sabbath is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as God also rested from creation. For some people, this day is on calendar day Sunday, for others, it is Friday while for others it is Saturday. This book will not debate on which day the Sabbath is because…
Anyone who believes that the Christian life does not require work is mistaken. God, contrary to popular belief, never said we wouldn't have to work. He never said we wouldn't have to put up with it. He never claimed that the Christian life would be free of pain or fatigue. However, God has stated that He will always provide for our needs and that He will complete what He has begun in us.
What's your recovery journey towards restoring the heart of worship in your daily work.? What changes are you making?
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