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“Heaven’s calendar has seven Sundays a week. God sanctifies each day.”

A thought by Max Lucado (2011-05-02) from his book, Cure for the Common Life (p. 6). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

I know that may not make sense but read on.

Max says, “He conducts holy business at all hours and in all places. He uncommons the common by turning kitchen sinks into shrines, cafés into convents, and nine-to-five workdays into spiritual adventures.”

He goes on, “Workdays? Yes, workdays. He ordained your work as something good. Before he gave Adam a wife or a child, even before he gave Adam britches, God gave Adam a job. ‘Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it’ (Gen. 2:15 NASB). Innocence, not indolence, characterized the first family.”

We had a great few days of leisure with our family.  Margaret and I then had a few day of relaxation at home.  It was great.  But God didn’t create us to sit home and watch TV all day.  Now I’m a retired but I still work.  I don’t get paid for it in money but I know have a task that God has given me to do.  I have purpose every day to do fulfill my task that God has given to me.

Max says, “God views work worthy of its own engraved commandment: ‘You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest’ (Exod. 34:21 NASB).  We like the second half of that verse. But emphasis on the day of rest might cause us to miss the command to work: ‘You shall work six days.’ Whether you work at home or in the marketplace, your work matters to God. Your ability unveils your destiny. And your work matters to society. We need you! Cities need plumbers. Nations need soldiers. Stoplights break. Bones break. We need people to repair the first and set the second. Someone has to raise kids, raise cane, and manage the kids who raise Cain.”

He then says, “imitate God. Jehovah him-self worked for the first six days of creation. Jesus said, ‘My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too’ ( John 5:17 NCV). Your career consumes half of your lifetime. Shouldn’t it broadcast God? Don’t those forty to sixty hours a week belong to him as well? The Bible never promotes workaholism or an addiction to employment as pain medication. But God unilaterally calls all the physically able to till the gardens he gives. God honors work. So honor God in your work. ‘There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good’ (Eccles. 2:24 NASB).


So how is your attitude toward your work?
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