January 3
At times we may feel like we’re on a treadmill—forever moving but going nowhere. At times it seems we accomplish nothing—in spite of our best effort. We labor diligently at our job, perform every task to the best of our ability yet find we are overlooked at times of recognition and promotion.
We invest our heart in rearing our children but find a ‘generation gap’ has indeed opened between us and our offspring. The words we say to them seem to be misunderstood at best and are sometimes totally tuned out. They don’t hear what we say and they don’t understand our heart’s yearning to touch them.
Steadfast friendships elude us. We extend ourselves to others but there is no reciprocation. We feel afloat in a wide expanse of sea and we feel alone. At the times when we perceive ourselves to be lost to all human contact and temporal success, may we remind ourselves that we have One who sees and recognizes our heart. Jesus knows our labor and He honors all that we endeavor to do for His glory.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 says, “Everyone may eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his toil. This is the gift of God.” It is the Lord’s will that we achieve a sense of accomplishment and its accompanying satisfaction with our effort. If it appears no one else sees or cares, may we take joy in the knowledge that the ultimate Judge of all men’s hearts and labors has perfect insight and His reward is in His hand. Nothing we do for Jesus is without purpose--or without reward.
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