IDOK DEVOTION FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
FOR PRAYER AND PRAISE:
To review the list of names for prayer, please click here.
Labor Day!
As I sit to write in hours it shall officially arrive. A day for the American Worker to be recognized, and today, many American Workers are taking the day off… my beloved being one of them. If you are interested here is a link to read about the origin of Labor Day. And here is a link to the ORIGIN OF LABOR.
And before I get too secular here, let us be reminded that work was not suppose to be LABOR. Were it not for SIN, all our activities of tending the Universe would be FUN. But alas sin came. And Praise GOD one day sin will GO and so will the LABOR! But until then JESUS has given us this promise (and many, many, many more!):
Matthew 11 NKJV:27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
ABBA, thank You for a day recognized to honor honest labor. Thank You that we can celebrate with family and friends. And I pray all our IDOKs will utilize this day in the way that YOU will lead us. And, LORD JESUS, thank You that in YOU we have rest from the LABOR of trying to earn our way to a Right Standing with You, since we could NEVER achieve it however hard we labor. Thank You LORD JESUS for giving us Eternal Life.
And before we close we pray for our IDOK Troops, please keep them safe and strong in spirit, soul and body. And for our Praying for These list, we commend each of them to You in just the way and for the things they need. And, ABBA, bless America with conviction and repentance I pray. Amen and amen in JESUS NAME.
