Holy Hands at an Ordinary Bench
Holy Hands at an Ordinary Bench
Monday
"After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks."
— Acts 18:1-4 (ESV)
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ."
— Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
"For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God."
— 1 Thessalonians 2:9 (ESV)
— Acts 18:1-4 (ESV)
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ."
— Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
"For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God."
— 1 Thessalonians 2:9 (ESV)
Reflect:
God did not send an angel to Corinth with a bag of silver. He sent a refugee couple with a leather shop and an extra cot. The gospel advanced through calloused hands and shared rent. There is no sacred/secular divide in the Christian life; there is only obedience wherever your feet already stand.
God did not send an angel to Corinth with a bag of silver. He sent a refugee couple with a leather shop and an extra cot. The gospel advanced through calloused hands and shared rent. There is no sacred/secular divide in the Christian life; there is only obedience wherever your feet already stand.
Respond:
Name the ordinary work in front of you today — the shift, the errands, the laundry, the spreadsheet. Offer it out loud to Christ before you begin it.
Name the ordinary work in front of you today — the shift, the errands, the laundry, the spreadsheet. Offer it out loud to Christ before you begin it.
Pray:
Lord Jesus, You met a lonely preacher through a workbench and a friendship. Meet me today in the ordinary work You have given me. Let my hands and my words both serve You. Amen.
Lord Jesus, You met a lonely preacher through a workbench and a friendship. Meet me today in the ordinary work You have given me. Let my hands and my words both serve You. Amen.
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