For Your Work is Valuable

Dreamers and Doers. Which one are you? Do you recall what you said you wanted to be when you grew up? Work probably seemed more like what you could think about doing that seemed less like work and more like fun. And perhaps you still feel that way! Your hard work is valuable. You are providing for your family, and that is a primary need that God gave to man. You will reach people where you are that no one else might reach in the way you can. You don’t even fully know the impact you will have or have had in your years of work. 

You will reach people where you are that no one else might reach in the way you can.

Thomas Edison knew what it was like to work hard. He worked really hard, especially for one of his inventions you are most familiar with—the nickel-iron storage battery. What was current during his time wasn’t much of a current! What was available wouldn’t last, and Edison kept pushing forward to come up with the solution. He is famous for saying, “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results! I know several thousand things that won’t work,”¹ but Edison was able to get to the ultimate solution. Because of his endurance and hard work, we now have the battery that is still used today. What are your contributions? What are you working hard to produce? You are changing, not only your family, but the community, region, and part of the world that you are in. Charles Spurgeon said, “The best and wisest thing in the world is to work as if it all depended upon you, and then trust in God, knowing that it all depends upon him.”²

Charles Spurgeon said, “The best and wisest thing in the world is to work as if it all depended upon you, and then trust in God, knowing that it all depends upon him.”

It’s a great thing to know that God has given you favor, and that your work doesn’t depend on you, but on Him. When you give Him everything—from a thought, a project, a desire—and then watch for Him to confirm the work of your hands, it’s a true gift to see and to sense what

He’s doing in and through you. He is so kind and gracious, and He wants to confirm what we do unto Him. When you offer everything to Him and ask that He would lead and guide you to accomplish His will, you know He affirms your skills and desires. The fact that “confirm for us the work of our hands” is mentioned twice (Psalm 90:17) tells us how important this is to God. Even more than the work that we do, God wants us to give out His kindness. When you work, you aren’t just working with the physical abilities God has given you. But you are operating in the spiritual gifts He has given you, touching the lives around you. Your work is valuable because it also reflects your heart and what you dream of.

Motivational speaker Les Brown shared some words about what we dream of doing at any age. May this inspire you: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”³

Excerpt from: ©Blythe Daniel, William Daniel, and Helen McIntosh. 2024. Used with Permission. I Love You, Dad! Words to Honor and Humor You. www.endgamepress.com 

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