Acts 20:35
“In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus Himself spoke: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Do you work to eat or eat to work? Neither!
This verse reminds us that our everyday work has meaning beyond ourselves. Paul did not see labor as merely a duty or a necessity. He saw it as a way to lift those who could not stand alone. Look at the words, “we must help the weak.”
Work is part of the heart of Christian living. The greater joy is not always in what we gain, but in what we give. When our hands are willing to serve, even common work becomes touched with heaven’s blessing.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Prayer: Lord, turn my daily work into loving service, help me strengthen the weak, and teach me the joy of giving.