Bible League: Living His Word Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.— Colossians 3:23 NIV Last year I was faced with the task of finding a new job after 32 years with the same employer. The company had decided to move further away from the city we lived, and I decided that an extra 50 miles a day was too much to add to the 90 I was already driving. After the New Year of 2022, I decided to start looking for a new job, sending out applications to various places closer to home. Over the course of the year, I had several interviews, some to the second step, but nothing ever came out of it. I was being overlooked regardless of the stellar manager record I had over the years. During that same year, I made it part of my daily prayers to the Lord that He place me in the position that would be best for me, even if it meant staying in my high-stress managerial job and driving the extra 50 miles a day. I knew that this certainly could be His will! This carried on for months until I saw an opening with Bible League and applied for it. I thought, what a wonderful opportunity to not only work for a great organization, but also be able to help with the great commission by distributing Biblical materials from a warehouse—doing my part in spreading the Word of God! The day came when the position was offered to me, and I quickly accepted and put in my two weeks' notice. After 32 years, the majority of my adult life, this was a very difficult decision to make indeed. But I trusted in the Lord that He had answered my prayers and placed me into this new chapter of my life. The two weeks passed quickly, and that Monday morning I got up and prepared to begin my new position. On my phone, I have a widget for "Verse of the Day," and as I glanced at my phone, I read the one that was chosen for that day. It was Colossians 3:23; "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters." What a wonderful affirmation that I had followed the Lord's will, and that my prayer had been heard and answered! I knew that I had made the right decision, regardless of my apprehension to do so. The Lord wants us to do everything we do, with the care, love, and an attitude of servitude, as if we were working directly for him, as we all will someday in the Kingdom! By Brian Ayers, Bible League International staff, Illinois USA Bible in a Year Old Testament ReadingPsalm 85, 86, 87 Psalm 85 -- O Lord, you have been favorable to your land. NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Psalm 86 -- Hear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Psalm 87 -- His foundation is in the holy mountains. NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB New Testament Reading Romans 9 Romans 9 -- Paul's Sorrow for Israel's Unbelief NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library. Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”Insight People eat bread to satisfy physical hunger and to sustain physical life. We can satisfy spiritual hunger and sustain spiritual life only by a right relationship with Jesus Christ. No wonder he called himself the Bread of Life. Challenge But bread must be eaten to sustain life, and Christ must be invited into our daily walk to sustain spiritual life. Morning and Evening by Spurgeon Revelation 21:23 The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it.Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all creature comforts. They have no need of raiment; their white robes never wear out, neither shall they ever be defiled. They need no medicine to heal diseases, "for the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." They need no sleep to recruit their frames--they rest not day nor night, but unweariedly praise him in his temple. They need no social relationship to minister comfort, and whatever happiness they may derive from association with their fellows is not essential to their bliss, for their Lord's society is enough for their largest desires. They need no teachers there; they doubtless commune with one another concerning the things of God, but they do not require this by way of instruction; they shall all be taught of the Lord. Ours are the alms at the king's gate, but they feast at the table itself. Here we lean upon the friendly arm, but there they lean upon their Beloved and upon him alone. Here we must have the help of our companions, but there they find all they want in Christ Jesus. Here we look to the meat which perisheth, and to the raiment which decays before the moth, but there they find everything in God. We use the bucket to fetch us water from the well, but there they drink from the fountain head, and put their lips down to the living water. Here the angels bring us blessings, but we shall want no messengers from heaven then. They shall need no Gabriels there to bring their love-notes from God, for there they shall see him face to face. Oh! what a blessed time shall that be when we shall have mounted above every second cause and shall rest upon the bare arm of God! What a glorious hour when God, and not his creatures--the Lord, and not his works--shall be our daily joy! Our souls shall then have attained the perfection of bliss. Daily Light on the Daily Path Isaiah 1:5,6 Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint. • From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.Isaiah 64:6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. Psalm 45:13 The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. Ezekiel 16:14 "Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you," declares the Lord GOD. Psalm 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands. Revelation 7:14 I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Ephesians 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. Colossians 2:10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. 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