HOLY VOCATION IS ABSOLUTELY NOT NARROWLY DEFINED

Sunday, June 23, 2013
 
       Psalm [MKJV] 84:10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
        Colossians 3:23-25 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men; 24 knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. For you serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he who does wrong shall receive justice for the wrong which he did, and there is no respect of persons.
        1Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 you who then were not a people, but now the people of God, those not pitied then, but now pitied.
 
“In all our religious and ethical life, we are given to an incredible overestimation of the extraordinary at the expense of the ordinary.” Einar Billing (Our Calling)
 
  My heart has been troubled as I’ve read and talked to people on the topic of USA employment/unemployment. Reading Human Resources (HR) professionals are finding over 50% of college graduates not fit to hire; hearing from a local HR “It’s worse than that.” Reading HR national association comments that currently the smaller group of employed is engaged, the larger portion disengaged or not engaged. Hearing from placement counselors that most candidates sent to them have highly selective attitude as to desired position, shift and/or hours involved, pay, number of holidays and vacation, employee benefits, or truly are not really interested in working at all, this brashness whether they’re actually qualified or not.

  What is holy work? Is changing a baby’s poopy diaper or shoveling manure holy work?

  Martin Luther thought so.

  All tasks have spiritual significance if and as we do them heartily as to the Lord and not to men.

  Consider how different all relationships would be. Consider how soon the demise of depression emotionally and economically if we all saw life this way at all times; with so-called commonplace routines electric with spiritual importance!

  Please believe that whatever it is that you are doing is not mundane or pitiful. Think what you’re doing is holy – whether barnyard, at desk, kitchen counter, workbench, or diaper changing table is an altar upon which you are exercising your royal priesthood.

  In closing today’s thoughts let us consider Psalm 84:10. Sloth is wickedness. Wickedness is the opposite of holiness. In present application I see disengaged/not engaged as dwelling in the tents of wickedness. Let us not choose thusly, but have and hold fast attitude and action of His holy doorkeepers!  EBB4