Have you ever started some work half-heartedly? I read this morning and am brought to that question myself.
“10Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.” – Jeremiah 48:10 (ESV)
I am wondering if I am I all-in with completing the work of God. I study each morning, I attend church services, I spread www.trevors-thoughts.com when the opportunity presents, but I still wonder if I am all-in.
According to Jeremiah, if I am slacking, then I am cursed. It is important that when we have a task to complete that is commanded by God we should be diligent in completing that task. We should be working at it until it is done.
Until it is done is where I run into questions. I work and work and work at something and yet find that I don’t know when to stop as I am not seeing the results of the work. And because I do not see the results, I may give up continuing to work. This is not in God’s plan. If you remember, the Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness and those that began did not get to see the land they were promised. But the work they did led to the attainment of God’s Promised Land.
We are tasked with doing the work of God and in that we are to continue until he tells us otherwise. We may not get to see the results of our work, however, that does not make the work any less important, nor are we to do the work with any less diligence and attention.
Are you doing God’s work with less attention than you should? Are you looking for the reward as opposed to the work of God? Are you fully diligent in God’s work?
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