Good Morning Everyone,
When I think of labor day, today it came
to mind to me how important our labor in
the Lord is.
The question is.. if we are laboring for
the Lord, and we got a salary for it, would
we be earning our keep?
Not that works should be rewarded with
money or even recognition, but the thought
are we really working or just sitting and saying
we are working.
When I was growing up there was a saying,
What are earth are you doing for heaven's sake today?
Or,
If all the people in church were just like me,
what kind of a church would this church be?
Folks, we really need to take a fresh look at ourselves
daily, and ask God, what would you have me do.
After all, we are his children, the sheep of his pasture
bought by the price of the blood of the lamb.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
Psalm 128:2
The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life:
the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:16
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah 55:2
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Isaiah 65:23
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
My friends, these excellent verses ask you, what
are you laboring for? What are your goals in Christ?
Are you laboring in vain? Is it all about you?
Who is lost and dying today without the Lord?
Who is in need of food or clothing today that you can
touch? Who is hurting today and needs your prayers?
Let us labor then for the night will soon be over
and the day coming when we shall account for every
word and deed.
Let us be sifted and found faithful.
Love always
millie
Only One Life, Will Soon Be Past
Only What Is Done For Christ Will Last
For Me to Live is Christ
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Work, for the night is coming,
Work through the morning hours;
Work while the dew is sparkling,
Work ’mid springing flowers;
Work when the day grows brighter,
Work in the glowing sun;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man’s work is done.
Work, for the night is coming,
Work through the sunny noon;
Fill brightest hours with labor,
Rest comes sure and soon.
Give every flying minute,
Something to keep in store;
Work, for the night is coming,
When man works no more.
Work, for the night is coming,
Under the sunset skies;
While their bright tints are glowing,
Work, for daylight flies.
Work till the last beam fadeth,
Fadeth to shine no more;
Work, while the night is darkening,
When man’s work is o’er.
Work, for the day is coming!
Children of light are we;
From Jesus' bright appearing
Power of darkness flee.
Soon will our strife be ending,
Soon all our toils below,
Not to the dark we're tending,
But to the day we go.
Words: verses 1-3: Anna Louisa Walker Coghill, 1864; verse 4, attributed to Basil Manley, 1880
Coghill was only 18 years old when she wrote this hymn.
Music: “Work Song,” Lowell Mason, 1864.
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For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Hebrews 6:10-15
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