Tuesday, November 08, 2005
On The Seventh Day. . .
God answers prayers. This week, I was thinking "Lord, I must get my second book finished and to the publisher . . . I must get our church in its new building . . . I must get my sermon finished for Sunday . . . I must get these churches to engage this nation . . . I must help this intern with their church plant . . . I must meet with this person . . . Lord, just give me an extra day. If I had one more day! I don’t want to come up short and I want to get it all done!"
What if the seven days were granted by God at the request of people to extend the week an extra day? What if initially there were four-day weeks? You worked three, worshipped and played one. But, several had a hard time getting their work done and they dreamed of just one more day! So God created a fifth day. And, at first, everyone loved it--but, in time, they filled it up so fast that they were once again running like crazy trying to get everything done. So they prayed and asked God for a sixth day. "Oh God, give us that sixth day--if only I had one more day--what could I do!" So God saw that it was good, and created the sixth day. Men could now invent wheels and create fires, not just hunt and gather and count and sell. And, then, something happened--man learned to write and ride horses. Trips took a long time, writing took quiet and undisturbed reason to think through--now people could expand their business. They focused on breeding faster horses, and found that writing with charcoal was quicker than stone tablets and once again man was busy. So, he begged God, "Oh God, could we have a seventh day, if only we had a seventh day we could work, get it all done, and have time to enjoy life and our families." God granted their request.
Father, this day, help me be focused and disciplined to do excellent work. Help me know when to say no. And when I say yes, may it be a good and powerful and effective yes.
What if the seven days were granted by God at the request of people to extend the week an extra day? What if initially there were four-day weeks? You worked three, worshipped and played one. But, several had a hard time getting their work done and they dreamed of just one more day! So God created a fifth day. And, at first, everyone loved it--but, in time, they filled it up so fast that they were once again running like crazy trying to get everything done. So they prayed and asked God for a sixth day. "Oh God, give us that sixth day--if only I had one more day--what could I do!" So God saw that it was good, and created the sixth day. Men could now invent wheels and create fires, not just hunt and gather and count and sell. And, then, something happened--man learned to write and ride horses. Trips took a long time, writing took quiet and undisturbed reason to think through--now people could expand their business. They focused on breeding faster horses, and found that writing with charcoal was quicker than stone tablets and once again man was busy. So, he begged God, "Oh God, could we have a seventh day, if only we had a seventh day we could work, get it all done, and have time to enjoy life and our families." God granted their request.
Father, this day, help me be focused and disciplined to do excellent work. Help me know when to say no. And when I say yes, may it be a good and powerful and effective yes.
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