THE LORD WILL BLESS THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS
From The HeartPublish date: 06/24/2001
Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. Genesis
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Genesis
God expects us to work. He gives us talents and abilities and He requires that we work and use them. Work was not a curse of the fall. Even Adam worked in the Garden of Eden. Adam had to tend and keep the Garden—to work it and take care of it. In the Garden, his work was fruitful and productive.
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I
After the fall, the curse was that his work would be fruitless and frustrated. It would require much hard effort and yield negative results—thorns and thistles.
The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. Deuteronomy 28:12 NIV
Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers, if you obey the LORD your God and keep his
The blood of Jesus has redeemed us. If we will do things God's way He will bless the work of our hands and make us exceedingly fruitful and prosperous. Whether we work in the ministry or in a secular occupation, providing for our families and supporting the ministry, God wants us to work and work wisely and well. Then He can bless us. If you do no work—God has nothing to bless! Some people think that being in the ministry and living by faith means sitting at home doing nothing. On the contrary, ministry is work and lots of it, but it sure is a joy and a blessing!
One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. Proverbs 18:9 NIV
If you are a sloppy worker, you are about as much good as a vandal. If you do not do a good job—the best you can do—then you are cheating your boss, cheating your customers and cheating yourself. An unfaithful person cannot be relied upon. Your work should be excellent in quality and quantity. As the saying goes, "God will bless the work of your hands, but He cannot bless the seat of your pants!"
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. Ecclesiastes
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24 NIV
Whatever you do—do it to the best of your ability. God does not expect you to do what you cannot do, but He does expect you to do what you can do. Your very best might not be the same as someone else's best, but that is all that God asks for—your very best. God won't even be mad at you if you fail at something, as long as you are trying as hard as you can and really doing everything you can.
Even if your paycheck