"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor

wisdom." Eccl. 9:10

There is so much to do in this world and everyone is needed to help in the doing of it. There is something for every one of us to do.

The command: "Do it with all your might" implies putting your whole heart, and your back, into your work. It expects you to do it in a way that anticipates

your making a success of it.

God has a job for each one of us that comes into the world. This means that the world is going to be a little better by your having come into it, or it

could be made worse. Which one will it be?

None of us  can do the work allocated by God to someone else, because everyone has been given all the work they can do.

Do not think you are adding to your own load when you fulfil the command to bear one another's burdens. I am supposed to help you with your burdens; that

is part of my work and duty. In the same way, you are supposed to help me. We need each other. But I cannot do for you what you ought to be doing yourself;

I have enough to do. What you overlook will simply have to go undone.

A farmer who had five sons left them a list of jobs to do when he went away to market, organising the workload according to each son's strengths and abilities.

Coming home he found that four of them had finished all their duties and done them well, but the fifth son had only done a few of his allotted tasks. This

resulted in there being a neglected spot - a dropped stitch - which remained on the farm for everyone to see. If we neglect to do the work that God in

his wisdom has assigned to us, there will be a blank space in the Father's great plan that will show up for eternity.

Do not let any of the precious moments of your life fall away empty. Everywhere Jesus went, he left evidence that he had gone that way. What are you leaving along your way to show in the years to come that you have passed this way? Are you planting flowers and sunshine to lighten other people's hearts?

The size and scope of the part of his great work that is assigned to you is irrelevant. Whatever it is you should do it and do it well. It is your part.

If that work is not done well, the divine plan will not be complete. A single stitch dropped shows a flaw in the garment, so the most menial work is sacred.

The Qur'an tells of Gabriel's being sent to earth to do two jobs. The first was to keep King Solomon from becoming too busy with the affairs of his kingdom

and forgetting the hour of prayer. The second was to help a small ant who was trying to carry its load of food up a steep slope. To Gabriel the one task

was as important as the other one because both came into God's plan.

You should pay as much attention to helping a child get the knot out of a piece of string as you would in building a fine cathedral. Leave some footprints

here on the sands of time; in the years to come they may guide someone to doing something great and noble.

When you get to the end of your life, your greatest satisfaction will be in knowing that you have done what you could. Make something good out of the moments of time while you have them. They are going swiftly by; they will not wait for you. 

Revd Mike Endicott
Director: Order of Jacob's Well

 

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