MONDAY'S GOAL
“By those who come near Me I must be
regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.” – Leviticus 10:3
Today is Monday. Today there is one thing that must be accomplished:
Glorify God. Sure, there’s 8 hours or
more of work ahead. There’s doing
laundry and cooking dinner. There’s
having polite conversations with people who may not be polite back. There’s resisting the urge to say what’s
really on our mind because we know it would be hurtful. Yes, today is a work day from all
corners. But God needs to be glorified
in it.
Glorifying God means to make Him the V.I.P. It means to point all good towards Him, and
acknowledge what He has done. This is
just one way we come to know Him. We
look around us at the things created. Look
at the tall trees that bend in the wind and don’t break. Just as an artist is revealed in his
painting, God is revealed in His creation.
Look at the daisy that takes the same wind and doesn’t lose a
petal.
So if God’s creation is to declare His
glory (Psalms 19:1), then aren’t we part of that creation? Is it not our daily – even minute by minute –
goal to glorify God?
Every morning before beginning work I look
at the stuff I have to do. I look at
which client has the most urgent need, take care of that first, then the
others, and work by deadlines and other criteria. But when I’m done reviewing it, I have a list
of goals. I work on each goal for the
day until they’re done, or until I’m completely exhausted.
What if we took the task of glorifying God
on with the same routine? Who needs to
hear about His greatness most? Who needs
to know what He is capable of? What has
He done lately that needs some publicity to grow someone else’s faith? If we were to work for God with the gusto
that we work for a living, imagine what we could accomplish…even on Monday.
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