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Monday... Now we may not love all that we must do.


1 Corinthians 16:14 (AMP), "Let everything you do be done in love [motivated by God's love for us]."

Monday... Now we may not love all that we must do.

But! But, 1 Corinthians 16:14 (AMP) says, "Let everything you do be done in love [motivated by God's love for us]."


Now if you go back to the beginning of time you will see that Adam was given a job and it was a great, exciting job. It was for sure an impossible job but he had what it took to do it. He was created in God's image. His job was to name all the animals and he had to do it without a computer without AI. But he had what it took in himself until he blew it. Sin brought him down from genius to human in his ability and negatives were added to work.

Now earlier in this chapter of Paul's first letter to the church at Corinth he wrote of an opportunity that he had in the town of Ephesus. Verse 9 (NLT) says, "There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me." Yes, Paul was given a great opportunity but there was also opposition. It wasn't all good.

Listen, we may not love all that we must do in our job. Work is work and because sin came into this world there will be thorns and thistles in it. Genesis 3:17-18 says, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. I will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat its grain." Yes, there will be difficulties but there will also be what we need to live. Both good and bad,

Now we as Christ followers can get into a trap that says that if I am doing what God has given me to do then it will all be good. "There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me."

Now look at what verses 13-14 says that we must do in our work. Paul writes, "Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love."

The Amplified Bible says, "Be on guard; stand firm in your faith [in God, respecting His precepts and keeping your doctrine sound]. Act like [mature] men and be courageous; be strong. Let everything you do be done in love [motivated and inspired by God's love for us.]" The same is true of women.

Jesus, God's Son was given a job when he came from heaven to earth and there was a cross and a tomb in it because God loved us.

Yes, there will be thorns and thistles but there will also be grain for us to eat.

"There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me." So "Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love." That is what sets us apart as Christ followers. It's God love. "Let everything you do be done in love [motivated and inspired by God's love for us.]" Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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