My Life Preserver

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.  John 6:27 NKJV

Some days I feel like it is all I can do to stay above water.  At times it feels like all I do is work. I catch myself feeling bitter about not having enough free time.   In those times I have to reel myself in and realize that God intended for us to work.  He told us so many times throughout the Bible.  In the Ten Commandments He says, “Six Days you shall labor”  and later in the Bible in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.”  God didn’t make whole meals that grow on trees or a home that automatically stays clean.  God didn’t make “shirt plants” or “shoe bushes”, but he gave us the resources that we need for all these things and with our hard work, we have everything we need. 

Just as God gave us these resources he also gave us the two best resources of all–two that can sustain us through anything and give us strength to persevere.  God gave us the Bible and He gave us Jesus.  Hallelujah!  As Christians, we have our Savior to help us do it all.  But, in order for Him to help us, we must recognize that we can not be successful in any of our work if we do not give everything over to Him.  If we do not turn everyday over to Him, we will eventually start to drown under the enormous weight of the flood of tasks we as women are strapped with. God is the working woman’s life preserver.

Lord God, please take this day from me and use it for Your glory.  I know that I can not do everything that I have to do today, but I know that You can do all of it and so much more.  Thank you for your precious Son in whose name I pray.  Amen.

In His Service,
Lisa Brady