Don't Waste the Day!

Hello Friends!

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun. ~Ecc 2:11

Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. ~ 1 COR 15:58

I believe we are always "giving ourselves fully" to something. We can "give ourselves fully" to our jobs, our families, our anxieties, our desires, and the list goes on. This is human nature. We are always "giving ourselves fully" to something. Take a moment and ask yourself what you are currently giving yourself to.
My desire here is that none of us would waste our lives. Or to put it another way, my desire is that none of us would waste today, for today is the day we must put these teachings into practice. The first scripture mentioned states that everything we do, everything we strive for, everything we worry about, it is all done in vain. There is no lasting reward. IT IS ALL A WASTE OF TIME!
Yet in the verse from 1st Corinthians we are given an exception to the rule: "your labor in the Lord is not in vain." Make no mistake about it friends, if you are not laboring for the Lord you are wasting your time.
So what does this mean? Are we all to quit our jobs and become missionaries and pastors? For some of us the answer to that question is yes. But for others it may mean something else.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men
~Col 3:23
At the core, this is a heart issue. If our hearts are in the right place, then our labor will not be in vain. Let us examine our hearts today and make sure that we are "giving ourselves fully to the work of the Lord"
With His Love,
Charlie