Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is SUCH a good lesson for us all!
Taking the Initiative Against Drudgery
Arise, shine… —Isaiah 60:1
When it comes to taking the
initiative against drudgery, we have to take the first step as though there
were no God. There is no point in waiting for God to help us— He will not. But
once we arise, immediately we find He is there. Whenever God gives us His
inspiration, suddenly taking the initiative becomes a moral issue— a matter of
obedience. Then we must act to be obedient and not continue to lie down doing
nothing. If we will arise and shine, drudgery will be divinely transformed.
Drudgery is one of the finest
tests to determine the genuineness of our character. Drudgery is work that is
far removed from anything we think of as ideal work. It is the utterly hard,
menial, tiresome, and dirty work. And when we experience it, our spirituality
is instantly tested and we will know whether or not we are spiritually genuine.
Read John 13. In this chapter, we see the Incarnate God performing the greatest
example of drudgery— washing fishermen’s feet. He then says to them, “If I
then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another’s feet” (John 13:14). The inspiration of God is required if drudgery is
to shine with the light of God upon it. In some cases the way a person does a
task makes that work sanctified and holy forever. It may be a very common
everyday task, but after we have seen it done, it becomes different. When the
Lord does something through us, He always transforms it. Our Lord takes our
human flesh and transforms it, and now every believer’s body has become “the
temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19).
When he is speaking of drudgery, he is not necessarily speaking about doing manual labor, or even working at a job at all! What he is saying is that we must be willing to be obedient to do anything and everything that Holy Spirit is wanting to use us to do! Whether He desires for us to do something that everyone will notice, or to do something that no one on earth will ever see or know, OUR responsibility it to DO THE WORK, trusting that our rewards come later, and they come from HIM! AMEN! Make sure that you are always led by peace and joy, doing those things that Holy Spirit directs you to do, no matter what anyone else thinks of it! AMEN! GOD will reward you abundantly! Here is Hillsong with "So Will I":
Shalom in Him!
