Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. -Colossians 3:23-24 (NIV)
In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work as if you were doing it for the Lord, not for people. Remember that you will receive your reward from the Lord, which he promised to his people. You are serving the Lord Christ. (NCV)
Giving our best for God even during this tough financial time can be difficult and challenging, but God is worth it. Don't you think? Better yet, don't you know He's worth it? Let me explain. While it may seem overwhelming to give your best in everything for God, this is the kind of attitude that God promises to reward. How? As you give God your best in your quiet times with Him, He will energize you through prayer and His Word. Haven't you ever gone to Him and just fell at His feet? I have plenty of times. I either went to sleep peacefully or felt this heavy burden lifted and exhaled. The kind of exhale you get after accomplishing a major event like: passing a physical fitness test, completing a big project, having the kids settled down in bed early without a fight, getting your taxes done before the 15 April deadline, and my favorite losing that impossible 2lbs that mysteriously appears every year. The same exhilarating feeling happens when you give God your best from your income. It's giving God thanks in another way. You will also be blessed as you see how it can help others. God doesn't bless you just so you can store it up. God blesses you so that through it, you will bless others. And when you give God your best in serving others, you will be blessed with personal satisfaction as well as deeper relationships. And yes, there will be still be challenges, but our God is greater, stronger, wiser, and able to better equip us with the equipment we need to overcome those challenges. Now, isn't that wonderful how God turns your best efforts into eternal rewards.
Song: Your Name's My Reward (by: Isa Couvertier)
I will seek you Lord, while you may be found
My broken, contrite heart, you have yet to deny
Chorus
O Je-sus, Your name's my reward
O Je-sus,I'm returning to You
With all of my heart, with all that I am.
Verse 2:
I will call upon your name, while you are near
Forsaking all others, clinging only to you
Chorus
I wanna fall more in love with you Jesus
I wanna fall more in love
How can you give your best to God today?
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