Latest / Prayer Before Work / S01E21-This Too Is Sacred
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- Sean Graver: Hey, good morning. I'm really glad you're here today. Whether today looks exciting or feels like more of the same, let's bring it to God before anything else. So take a deep breath. We're going to read a verse and then we'll pray. And today we're going to be in the book of Ecclesiastes chapter nine, verse 10, which says, whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Now the preacher doesn't say to do the meaningful things with all your might or the things you're just passionate about, just whatever your hand finds to do. The thing in front of you, the ordinary one, the one that isn't going to gain you any praise, do that one fully. Now not every day at work is gonna feel significant. I mean most of them honestly are pretty routine. Same kind of emails, same recurring meetings. same maintenance work that just has to get done so that the bigger things can happen. And it's tempting on those days to just go through the motions, you know, just do enough to get by, save your real energy for something that feels more worthy of it. But here's what I keep coming back to. There is no such thing as secular work for a person of faith. The reports you write, the call you make, the system you maintain, all of it is done in the presence of God, which means all of it can be an act of worship if you bring a whole heart to it. The mundane is not beneath you. It's the material God gave you to work with today, and that makes it sacred. So yes, your secular work is sacred. So let's pray. God, today might not feel particularly significant from the outside, but I don't want to waste it. by just going through the motions. Help me bring a whole heart to what's in front of me, even the routine parts, actually, especially the routine parts. Help me see that the ordinary work done faithfully in your presence is not ordinary at all. I want to do whatever my hand finds to do today with all my might, not to impress anyone, but because you're worth that kind of effort. And so are the people that my work serves. Make my ordinary day a sacred one. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Now go make today count.