Daily Verse
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Work and Calling
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Saturday's Reflection
Colossians 3:23 — And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
This week we looked at one of the most freeing truths in the Christian
life — that work is not a distraction from our calling, it is part of it.
R.G. LeTourneau built earthmoving machines and gave ninety percent of his
income away because a pastor told him God needed businessmen too — and he
believed it with his whole life. Priscilla and Aquila stitched tents by day
and planted churches everywhere they went, never drawing a line between their
craft and their witness. Dorothy Sayers told the Church bluntly that the
first thing a carpenter's faith demands of him is that he make good tables —
that good work done well is itself an act of worship. And the servant in
Jesus's parable heard "well done" not because he worked harder than others,
but because he was faithful with what he had been given.
And at the end of the week, one more thing was said that pulls it all
together: the greatest work of all is the Great Commission. Go and make
disciples. Not just pastors and missionaries — every person who belongs to
Christ, in whatever workplace God has placed them, among whatever people He
has put around them. The workbench, the office, the classroom, the market —
these are not just places to earn a living. They are mission fields. The
colleague who needs to hear the gospel will probably not walk into a church
to find it. But they might hear it from the person at the next desk who
works with integrity, lives with purpose, and is willing to say why.
This Sabbath, rest in the dignity of that. Your work this week — however
ordinary it felt — was seen. Whatever you did with your whole heart, as to
the Lord, was received as worship. Now rest in the One who worked for six
days and called it very good, and who invites you into the same rhythm:
faithful work followed by sacred rest.
"That which is done for the glory of God should be done with cheerfulness, with songs of praise and thanksgiving, not with sadness and gloom. There is nothing gloomy in the religion of Jesus." (Ellen G. White, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 88)
Prayer: Father, thank You for the gift of work — and for the reminder that no task done faithfully for You is ever small. As we enter this Sabbath rest, we lay down the week's labor at Your feet, trusting that You received what we offered with our whole hearts. Amen.