Work
The 20th Sunday after Pentecost
So get to work, and may the Lord be with you. ~ 1 Chronicles 22:16 (CEB)
“Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.” ~ Luke 5:5 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
The work we do is only fruitful if the Lord himself is behind it.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for work. I admit that sometimes I make a god out of work. I value it too much --
expect too much of it -- and think that I'm in control of it. But I can see that apart from you work is worthless and that with you it is really valuable. Help me to keep things in perspective. It's all about your blessing. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
