THE UPPER ROOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL 25 JULY 2024, THURSDAY MESSAGE
TOPIC: Rewarding Work
TODAY’S READING
Matthew 18:1-5
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Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:3 (NRSVUE)
TODAY’S MESSAGE
One day I learned a valuable lesson from a landscaper and his four-year-old son. The father unloaded bales of pine straw, broke them up, and spread large handfuls around bushes and flowers. His son snatched a tiny handful of straw from a broken bale, dropped it close to a flower, then gleefully rushed back to get another handful. The smile on the boy’s face reflected how proud he was to be helping his father. The patient father smiled too.
The little boy did not spread much pine straw. That was not the point. He was together with his father and shared in the work.
Sometimes we make serving God into something more complicated than it is. If we would trust God more and worry less, our work would be much more rewarding. When God puts a task on our heart, we can’t help but look forward to doing it because we are working side by side with our Father God.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Heavenly Father, help us find joy as we join you in building your kingdom on earth. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
It is a joy to help God.
PRAYER FOCUS
To serve God with all my heart
The Upper Room Daily Devotional 25 July 2024 Message. The Upper Room is a daily devotional magazine published in more than 30 languages and 100 countries around the world. The daily meditations are written by readers of the magazine and others interested in sharing their faith experiences through writing—both laity and clergy, published authors and new writers. The meditations are stories of real people working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone. Every day, readers of The Upper Room around the world read the same story in many different languages and pray the same prayer together. Read More
