THE WORD FOR TODAY
TUESDAY DECEMBER 29
SEEING YOUR WORK AS GOD’S WILL (3)
‘Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build
it labour in vain.’ Psalm 127:1 NRSV
When your skill level is high but the challenge of
the task is too low, you experience boredom. When
your skill level is low and the challenge of the task
is too high, you experience frustration and anxiety.
But when the level of the challenge matches the
level of your skills – then you’re ‘in the flow’. We
don’t work mainly for money, recognition,
promotion, applause, or fame. We work for flow.
We live for flow. We hunger for flow, and when it’s
present, something happens in our spirit as we
connect with a reality beyond ourselves and partner
with God. This is why the psalmist says, ‘Unless
the LORD builds the house, those who build it
labour in vain.’ Flow is part of what we experience
in that partnership and, in that, God in turn uses
flow to shape us. Bezalel experienced flow when he
carved wood, David when he played the harp,
Samson when he used his strength, Paul when he
wrote a brilliant letter, Daniel when he ran a
government, and Adam when he gardened. If other
people report to you, one of the great spiritual acts
of service you can perform is to ask whether they’re
experiencing flow in their work, and help them
experience it even more. When you’re working in the
flow of service to God, when you’re experiencing
flow in activities that enhance and bless the lives of
others – you’re working ‘in the Spirit’. Paul was in
the flow when he described himself as ‘poor, yet
making many rich; having nothing, and yet
possessing everything’ (2 Corinthians 6:10 NIV
2011 Edition).
Courtesy Grace So Amazing Foundation

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