Get to know God next year

‘Let the one… boast… that they have the understanding to know Me.’ Jeremiah 9:24 NIV God says: ‘Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have...

God and your work (3)

‘I have chosen Bezalel.’ Exodus 31:2 NIV The first person in the Bible who was said to be ‘filled with the Spirit of God’ was Bezalel. And if his name is unfamiliar, it’s because he wasn’t a prophet, priest, king, or apostle. He was a craftsman, skilled in design. He...

God and your work (2)

‘Those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.’ 1 Corinthians 4:2 NIV Most adults spend about half their waking lives at work. Your work is a huge part of God’s plan for your life. He designed a specific vocation just for you in which you should find personal...

God and your work (1)

‘Whatever you do, do well.’ Ecclesiastes 9:10 NLT In the Bible, you will notice that everybody works! And most of the Bible’s heroes had secular vocations. Isaac developed land, Jacob was a farmer, and Joseph served God best by staying in his well-paying government...

God’s first commission to us

‘Fill the earth and govern it.’ Genesis 1:28 NLT The first thing God told Adam and Eve to do was ‘fill the earth and govern it.’ Because Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden doesn’t mean they were limited to the Garden of Eden. God told them to ‘fill the...