DAY 12 - LORD BLESS ME IN THE WORK I DO.
Whatever we do, we want to do it well and be successful. When our work is good, it gives us fulfillment. When we accomplish something worthwhile that makes life better for other people, our families, or ourselves, it gives us satisfaction. But whenever the work of our hands are not blessed, we are weighed down with frustration and unfulfiment.
It doesn't matter if you are a stay-at-home mum, a full time student, a COMPANY of a giant corporation, a single woman who is self-supporting, a married woman running a home, a skilled career woman, a disabled person, a baby-sitter, a house sitter, a single working mum, or a volunteer at the rescue mission, you have work to do. It doesn't matter if your work is recognised by the whole world or only God sees it. It doesn't matter if you are getting pardon big or receiving no financial compensation. Your work is valuable. And you want it to be blessed.*
Prayer to God about your job makes the difference in what you achieve. If you have a paying job, don't hesitate to pray that you will be compensated fairly and generously. You pray for your employer/employees, you pray for promotion and basically every work of your hands that the Lord has blessed you with. No matter what your pay is, your work is more important to God, to your family, to others and most importantly to yourself so commit it to God and ask Him to bless it.
PRAYER
Lord, I pray You would show me what work I am supposed to be doing. If it is something other than what I am doing now, reveal to me. If it is something I am to do in addition to what I am already doing, show me that too. Whatever it it You have called me to do, both now and in the future, I pray You will give me the strength and energy to get it done well. Enable me to do what I do successfully. May I find great fulfillment and satisfaction in every aspect of it, even the most difficult and unpleasant parts.
Thank You that in all labour there is profit of one kind or another (Proverbs 14:23). I pray that the rewards of my work will be great. May I always be compensated fairly and richly out of the storehouse of Your abundance. Bless the people I work for and with. May I always be a blessing and a help to each one of them. As I come in contact with others in my work, I pray that Your love and peace will flow through me and speak loudly of Your goodness. Enable me to touch them for Your kingdom.
Lord, I thank You for the abilities You have given me. Where I am lacking in skill help me to grow and improve so that I do my work well. Teach me to excel so that the result of what I do will be pleasing to others. Open doors of opportunity to use my skills and close doors that I am not to go through. Give me wisdom and direction about that.
I commit my work to You, Lord, knowing You will establish it (Proverbs 16:3). May it always be that I love the work I do and be able to do the work I love. According to Your Word I pray that I will not lag in diligence in my work, but remain fervent in spirit, serving You in everything I do (Romans 12:11). Establish the work of my hands so that what I do will find favour with others and be a blessing for many. May it always be glorifying to You. Amen.
Scriptures for Meditation
Psalm 128:1-2
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
Psalm 90:17
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
#inspired...ann #WiseQuotes
*Stomie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Woman(2006)
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