REJOICE EVERYDAY

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

Every day we wake up, we are to rejoice. Sometimes, when I do menial tasks around the house, I don't feel like rejoicing. But no job is redundant, and no job is menial in God's eyes. God gives each of us missions every day. Each mission is important no matter how big or how small, we need to do it with joy because it is important to our Heavenly Father.

I was reminded of this when my ring finger started to get stuck and created pain. Time went by and it didn’t seem to get better, so I went to the doctor. They found the ligament to my ring finger was inflamed.  Because of this, it couldn’t get through the space to bend or straighten without getting stuck. This caused pain and it became hard to do many things I don’t usually think about. Such as picking up my coffee cup. Now getting coffee to my mouth is a very big deal to me. I learned this small ligament could either prevent me from doing tasks or allow me to do them. I saw that just like this small ligament every job we do is important to the body of Christ. Just as my daily coffee is important to me, every job I do for His kingdom is important to Him.

 " 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

I often must remind myself to do every job I'm given with joy even if it seems insignificant to me it is not to the Kingdom of Christ.

I challenge myself and you this week to keep our joy in everything we do.

I pray you are blessed this week in all you do.