03/05/2026
SEEK DAILY (NBC)
Monday, May 4
RBT Passage: 1 Chronicles 17-19
GOD ORDAINS PRODUCTIVE WORK
Memory Verse: "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it" Genesis 2:15, NIV
Text: Genesis 2:4-10, 15
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Rick Warren said, "Work becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of His presence."
God Himself worked to make the heavens and earth. After He had created the earth, He made man and placed him in the Garden of Eden. In the garden, different kinds of trees looked good and were edible. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were also in the garden. A river flowed from the Garden of Eden into four headwaters. When God was done with His own work of creation, He placed man in this garden not just to enjoy the beauty and food, but also to work. God did not design work to be a punishment but a sacred assignment. Purposeful labour has been a part of God's design from creation. When we work as He has ordained, we fulfil the will of God.
It is against God's design for believers to be idle. Genuine children of God must be industrious. We must not do our work carelessly. We must approach every work with the consciousness that God is watching us and checking our performance. Remember that God has ordained you to be productive upon the earth.
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Insight: Whatever garden God might have put you in, take good care of it. You are ordained to be productive.
Prayer: Lord, help me to do the best I can wherever You have placed me.