“For the LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap” ( Proverbs 34:6)
Job security is one of the most important desire for most workers. Indeed, it is for these reasons why many would prefer public sector jobs to private sector as these tend to have better job security. The process of laying off a government worker, including termination, is far more complicated than for say one in a small scale enterprise.
One may have such a cushy guaranteed job and feel secure but truth is every job has certain elements of insecurity. Say one is suddenly incapacitated and unable to work anymore. Wars do erupt causing services to be disrupted and what seems once a secure job is suddenly in suspense.
But there is a security that can’t be moved. It is our security in Christ Jesus. The Psalmist says, “I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken” ( Psalm 16:8). Once Job was a tycoon: “Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East” ( Job 1:3). But then in a moment he lost everything ( vv 13-8).
Job would find he could no longer have security in his property, including his closest friends. He lost his once good health knocked “with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head” ( Job 2:7). His wife cried, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!” ( vv 9).
But Job knew where his ultimate security lay. It was neither in his property, health or friends but in the Lord who would in good time redeem him! “Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning” ( Job 42:12).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, it is easy to feel secure in our jobs, property, health or friends but ultimate security is only found in you, and may you help us put all our trust in you, this I pray in Jesus’ name.
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19/05/2024 - 20/05/2024 All day“The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its part were many they form one body” (2 Cor 12:12)
In the body of Christ every believer has a gift that contributes to making the church whole. There are those who are gifted at intercessory prayers. Others have been called to a pulpit ministry. Then there are those gifted at leading worship and praises. Some others have the gift of care and empathy. The gifts in the church are indeed endless.
One way to know your gift is being able to reflect on what burdens you most. For example, if you have a great feeling for people who are going through tribulations and need comfort then most probably yours is a gift of empathy and care. There are those with a burden to share the truth and theirs is the gift of teaching the Word.
When God gives us gift he also enables us. For example, one who has been gifted with praising and worshipping by singing would naturally have a way with his tongue. That one gifted with preaching has the talent to move listeners with words. God gives us gifts to build the body of believers.Do you know your gift? If so, how are you using it for the building of the church of Christ?
Prayer for today: Lord Father in heaven, today I pray that you enable me use the gifts you have given me for the building of the church,
this I pray in Jesus’ name.
