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Spinning our wheels is inevitable in eking out an honorable living. However, the effort should not utterly consume us. Tune in for more on this topic!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 Spinning our wheels is inevitable in eking out an honorable living.

00:00:05 --> 00:00:08 However, the effort should not utterly consume us.

00:00:09 --> 00:00:11 Tune in for more on this topic.

00:00:13 --> 00:00:22 Hello and welcome to Momo 634, the daily podcast chock full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

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00:00:25 --> 00:00:30 Momo 634, motivational moments just for today.

00:00:45 --> 00:00:49 It seems like the recent episode, Weary, struck a chord.

00:00:50 --> 00:00:54 I'm sorry that we are weary, but glad it opened the door to addressing it.

00:00:55 --> 00:00:59 What follows may sound a bit contradictory in light of the episode,

00:01:00 --> 00:01:03 but bear with me for a few moments and it will become clearer.

00:01:05 --> 00:01:08 Our very first episode pointed out that there are 24 hours,

00:01:08 --> 00:01:08 1 minutes,

00:01:08 --> 00:01:09 and 86 seconds to each day.

00:01:09 --> 00:01:13 So often, we just go pell-mell through each of them, trying to finish a never-ending to-do list.

00:01:26 --> 00:01:27 We short ourselves out,

00:01:27 --> 00:01:29 leaving the dregs for those we love most,

00:01:30 --> 00:01:32 burning the candle at both ends,

00:01:33 --> 00:01:36 cranking out tasks while making ourselves cranky,

00:01:37 --> 00:01:39 only to fall into bed exhausted,

00:01:39 --> 00:01:40 primed to lather,

00:01:41 --> 00:01:41 rinse,

00:01:41 --> 00:01:42 and repeat.

00:01:43 --> 00:01:47 To extend the point made in the episode Nothing Else Matters,

00:01:48 --> 00:01:51 what I'm positing here is that we have it all backwards,

00:01:52 --> 00:01:54 and I'm the first to admit guilt.

00:01:56 --> 00:01:59 rather than spinning on the hamster wheel for cheese each day.

00:02:00 --> 00:02:06 And trust me, after recent events, I am intimately aware of the importance.

00:02:07 --> 00:02:15 I think if we are consumed and utterly spent at the end of the day, it should be from doing God's work.

00:02:16 --> 00:02:25 If we are to wring out every drop of effort before this life is over, make sure it's for His glory.

00:02:27 --> 00:02:28 That is the work that matters.

00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 That is the work that will last.

00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 Ecclesiastes 1.3 asks the seminal question,

00:02:37 --> 00:02:39 What does a man gain from all his labor,

00:02:40 --> 00:02:42 at which he toils under the sun?

00:02:44 --> 00:02:46 Matthew 16.26 puts it this way,

00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world,

00:02:51 --> 00:02:52 yet forfeits his soul?

00:02:53 --> 00:02:56 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

00:02:57 --> 00:03:04 Rather, let us leave the legacy that lasts, as Revelation 14.13 points out.

00:03:05 --> 00:03:08 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write,

00:03:09 --> 00:03:10 Blessed are the dead,

00:03:10 --> 00:03:13 those who die in the Lord from this moment on.

00:03:14 --> 00:03:21 Yes, says the Spirit, they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.

00:03:23 --> 00:03:29 The children of Israel were called upon to give their firstfruits as a sacrifice to the Lord.

00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 We can do no less with our time and effort.

00:03:35 --> 00:03:37 Don't save your crumbs for the Lord.

00:03:37 --> 00:03:39 In Malachi chapter 3,

00:03:39 --> 00:03:43 God rebukes the children of Israel for holding back their tithes,

00:03:43 --> 00:03:45 saying that if they were generous,

00:03:45 --> 00:03:48 He would make their storerooms overflow.

00:03:49 --> 00:03:51 In the New Testament, Luke puts it this way,

00:03:52 --> 00:03:54 Give and it will be given to you.

00:03:54 --> 00:04:01 A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.

00:04:02 --> 00:04:06 For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

00:04:08 --> 00:04:13 This is also true for our time and effort in going about God's work.

00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 Draw boundaries to save time,

00:04:17 --> 00:04:18 physical strength,

00:04:18 --> 00:04:22 and resources each day toward the eternal work that matters.

00:04:23 --> 00:04:24 Yes,

00:04:24 --> 00:04:30 verses in Peter and Colossians talk about being a good worker and putting in an

00:04:30 --> 00:04:31 honest day's effort.

00:04:32 --> 00:04:38 What I'm talking about are the excess hours and workaholic tendencies that leave no

00:04:38 --> 00:04:41 room or ability to perform God's work.

00:04:43 --> 00:04:45 Go back and listen to the episodes mentioned here,

00:04:46 --> 00:04:50 as well as the one on the temporal versus eternal verses.

00:04:51 --> 00:04:52 Our meme for today says,

00:04:53 --> 00:04:55 when we are spent at the end of the day,

00:04:56 --> 00:05:02 make sure it's because we've dedicated our first and best resources to further

00:05:02 --> 00:05:06 God's kingdom and the work for him that will last forever.

00:05:07 --> 00:05:09 Then rest up to begin anew.

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