Who Has A Lot of Work to Do Today?

While rushing out the door this morning I found myself saying, "I have a lot of work to do today."This is true. The list is long.I have messages to write, people to meet and counsel, texts to study, emails that need a reply, big decisions to make, meetings to attend, bills to pay, forms to fill out, a head full of ideas, and a home full of wild toddlers and a sick, pregnant wife.But a few steps out of my door, I caught myself. I considered my thinking: "I have a lot of work to do today."Immediately this thought popped into my head: "God has a lot of work to do today.""I have a lot of work to do today" vs. "God has a lot of work to do today"Both statements are true.I have a lot of work to do today. The list is long. The list feels heavy.And, God has a lot of work to do today. All the work that I do today, God prepared this work in advance. God sustains the work. God is the main worker in this equation. Ultimately, God is the one who makes things happen, who gets things done.As I move through today, I'm making "God has a lot of work to do today" the more dominant thought in my head, the main image that makes sense of my to-do list.This is the biblical way to think about our day, our work, our to-do list.Look at your to-do list right now. Yes, you have a lot of work to do today. But don't stop there. See a bigger truth: God has a lot of work to do today. For progress to be made on this list of yours, God must get things done.Quit carrying such a heavy burden. You weren't made to carry this burden. Yes, you were created to work. Yes, you have a lot of work to do. But you will work at your best when you look at your list and fixate on this: God has a lot of work to do today.

Now to  him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,  according to the power at work within us,  to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. -Ephesians 3:20-21